Until the past few years, I held a similar view. I.e., if we could just dry up the demand for the product, the rest of the system would crumble. Then the whol

Until the past few years, I held a similar view. I.e., if we could just dry up the demand for the product, the rest of the system would crumble. Then the whole Sackler / Oxycontin thing came to light. And I saw (well, second hand) a normal person get hooked on pain meds after back surgery, thanks to those assholes. And they're not in prison. That's when I concluded that we lack the collective will to take the necessary steps to fully stop the trade of addictive drugs.