re: Serious business: The opioid epidemic - it's on the rise in the United States

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Can we all just admit the war on drugs has been an epic failure, that's led to a significant problems in our country.

We should be looking at what other industrialized countries have done to reduce addiction.

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Like what? What have other countries done ... and let's ask the other question in advance, what is the racial makeup of their population and how do other things play into the equation? For instance, including racial makeup, what about unemployment numbers, average incomes, ages, things like that. Because comparing the U.S. to Sweden or Finland doesn't work for most of us.