Politicians basically caused the problem by allowing Purdue etc to get a massive amount of people addicted to opiates. They should be solving the problem now not making it worse.
I do tend to remember that this explosive growth in addictions issues took off well before the current batch of drug warriors took office.
the previous administration could have changed the course of both the drug war and the opioid problem if they had acted but they also bow down to the real power behind the drug war which is the police and sheriff unions, those who enforce and those who run the prison systems.
you want to change the drug war you have to get the public employee unions out of politics one hundred percent. they perpetuate the drug war and resulting prison state far more than any corporation. they own politicians and have no issue exerting pressure to keep their power
>you want to change the drug war you have to get the public employee unions out of politics one hundred percent. they perpetuate the drug war and resulting prison state far more than any corporation. they own politicians and have no issue exerting pressure to keep their power
You mean that giving tiny minority of people the ability to collectively bargain against the people and institutions that call the shots for society itself results in perverse incentives that are bad for society?
Shocking. /s
I have no problem with private sector unions but public employees are in the unique position of having an employer who is legally required to be mostly transparent and ultimately beholden to the opinions of the public. The opportunity for them to be abused by the employer/employee power imbalance is far less than that of their private industry counterparts.