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Are people ignoring it? Or do people just not know how to solve it? What would you propose as a solution?

• nobodyandproud 3y ago
  > Are people ignoring it? Every problem has a different solution, but our inability to mobilize and solve the problem before it becomes a crisis seems to share a common theme. Namely that our representatives and government officials have chosen to ignore the problem; I feel journalists have played a large part in exposing the problem and even then it's been an uphill battle. > Or do people just not know how to solve it? What would you propose as a solution? The political will to treat our fentanyl and opioid addicts is sort of there but the funding is not. Right now governments have been battling the Sacklers in court and it seems our collective state and federal government isn't really winning. I'll go back to the Dust Bowl: My fantasy is to bus all of the addicts to the people who need to see this non-stop. No violence. Bring them to the state/Federal officials where they work of course, but I'd love to see them bused to near the Sacklers' home; and to their retreats of choice. Non-stop. Until there's nowhere for them to run except out of the country. And the opioid-wealthy become pariah until they clean-up their own mess. As an immigrant who never learned how to be politically active and am a bit old and crusty now, I wouldn't even know where to start; but it's a fun fantasy at least.