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by leshow 3135 days ago
Except we can't. If the last 50 years has shown us anything it's that we're utterly incapable of keeping drugs away from drug users. All we are doing is locking people with substance abuse problems up.

We've proven over time that 'get people to stop doing drugs' isn't a viable end game. It's not going to happen.

The best we can do is harm reduction, at least in this case we can stop people getting fentanyl, thinking it's oxycodone or heroin, and OD-ing.