"Street committees" and "re-education" - that is, communism.
Neighbourhoods were mobilised in a massive educational programme. The street committees which governed the neighbourhoods held study groups in which the evils of opium and heroin were discussed. Families of known addicts were educated not to blame their addict members, but to encourage them to seek help. Addicts themselves were impressed by the fact that they were not blamed for their addiction, since they were considered victims of foreign governments and other enemies of the people. After their cure, they were given training and then placed in paying jobs. Many of them were hired by the government to work with other addicts.
At the same time, pressure was placed on the dealers. Those who surrendered were accepted by the community, re-educated, trained for meaningful work and given jobs. The rest were packed off to prison, and the worst offenders were executed. By 1956, the People's Republic of China had virtually eliminated its drug problem.
It appears that you either missed or ignored this from my earlier comment and posted the usual fallacious argument (beside the point). The people were all for it. Participation was very popular. They had suffered more than enough damage to have done it with or without the approval of any dictatorship.
“Street committees”
Neighborhood Watch.
and “re-education”
Just say no to drugs.
Ronald Reagan was for it.
After enough families are bitten by the weed problem, the way will most likely be clear for passing some laws in the states to have pushers executed.