[mindslight]

The author left out the necessary first step, which is the local government preventing Americans from straightforwardly buying opiates in stores, where incentives are aligned for utility and purity. The grey/black market only exists as a direct result of criminalization, rather than treating addiction as a personal health problem.

[onetimemanytime]

Hi, can I please have a dose of fentanyl?

Sure, how will you be paying for it sir? https://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/fentanyl