Prescription opioids without good controls ended up with tons of folks addicted, then moving to heroine/fentanyl once doctors woke up and stopped further prescr

Prescription opioids without good controls ended up with tons of folks addicted, then moving to heroine/fentanyl once doctors woke up and stopped further prescription. I don't think anybody can judge deep opioid addiction without walking the proverbial line, most folks fail to ever shed even cigarettes or alcohol. Second reason, ie compared to Europe is that US society is much less social, much more focused on oneself and inward, and if you fail there, you fail hard and very easily end up on street even from good white collar life. Nobody really bats an eye. Once down, its very hard to ever get up from the street, misery compounds and hard drugs offer some form of temporary 'escape'.