Ah, the age old 'if we jail all the dealers drugs will go away' fantasy. If we ban all the alcohol all the issues stemming from it will go away. If...

Fools that don't learn from their own mistakes are bound to never-ending cycle of repetition. Individuals or whole societies, doesn't matter.

The biggest drug dealers are legitimate doctors. You can't solve the problem without first adressing the pipeline to addiction.

Want to get rid of drug addicts? Start by banning all pharma ads and stopping over-prescription.

> Want to get rid of drug addicts? Start by banning all pharma ads and stopping over-prescription.

People don't go to their doctor and complain about pain for no reason.

And? Doctors are not supposed to be a pharma dispensary. Depending on motivational factors a doctor may either tell someone to suck it up, quickly fill out a standard subscription to cover up the symptoms or spends some time to diagnose and fix the root cause and then prescribe medication by taking into account but the patients immediate needs and the long-term health impacts.