The government did not "create" a lucrative black market of drugs.
Are you serious... For Real? You ever hear of the CIA?
Or Bill Clinton? George Bush? Barack Obama? Should I go on?
Our Government has had a hand in Drugs for a long, long time. Our Government has had Our Soldiers guarding Poppy Fields in Afghanistan for years. Why might that be I wonder? Hmm... I dunno, maybe... just maybe to get in on some Heroin Production perhaps?
Let us not forget Pain Medicine Manufacturing, which 90% of Afghan Opium goes into making Morphine, Hydro/Oxymorphone, Hydro/Oxycodone to name a few. Why do you think all of a sudden the Government actually cares about an Opioid Epidemic?
The FDA and the DEA have put into place new limits on how doctors actually prescribe pain medication. They let doctors get away with over prescribing for years. However, since these new regulations have come into effect, people are now driven away from doctors that are not able to prescribe these pills like they used to, so more and more people will get them off the street. And since Government and corporations practically go hand in hand... or should I say, wallet to wallet... That equals a lock down of prescription pills on the black market, and let's not even touch the Heroin topic.
After 16 years, why are we even in Afghanistan, or Iraq? Money!
War is Business, and Business is Good. Unfortunately, Our Soldiers pay the price for those corporate profits.
Dolla Dolla Bills Ya'all! Gotta keep those corporate profits rolling along now! ;-)