As with many if not all issues in the US it comes down to the lies everyone get fed and subsequently buys into.
Instead of looking into root causes, quick fixes and promises are all that is ever supplied. At best they never really work and at worst they make things worse.
Look at prisons, childbirth and deaths of infants, healthcare in general, energy or food. It doesn’t really matter, because you see first hand what a unregulated economy that is 100% for profit leads to.
Nothing… absolutely nothing gets better for the average citizen (who in a democratic system should be the beneficiaries) but be it big oil, big telecom or big pharma are the winners.
Also nothing will improve because the system by now is so rigged that change is nearly impossible.
That is why I moved my family back to Europe after 20 years in the US.
Good podcast series on the opioid crisis: https://wondery.com/shows/american-scandal/season/51/
While the drug problem in America is horrifying and deserves highlighting, this whole article is an absolute indictment of America. Most of the increased deaths are young adults and middle-aged people. What an embarrassment, what a tragedy.
As usual, the USA is number 1!
Have you considered the possibility that there’s a “pseudo-narco state” next to America because America has a drug problem?
What? So the US just grew all the crack before cartels? My friend, Im afraid I cant fix that thought process.
It’s the freedom drugs
