Unfortunately, many conservatives are all for this. Some right here. Tucker Carlson is a perfect example.
I predicted this would happen. It was so obvious from the beginning, wasn’t it?
The one tell tale sign that the fix was in on how to solve the opioid crisis was that both parties, aka uni-party, was for it and all in on it.
The Deep state needs a vigorous illicit drug trade. The DEA profits by not interdicting drugs. Sure, they’ll do some high profile busts for PR, but they get their cut by partnering with cartels and money laundering banks. Then we have the prison industrial complex which is great for State and local governments when it comes time to dole out contracts for cheap prison labor, construction and services.
So, when the public sees opioid deaths go up, they can blame the usual suspects: pain patients, doctors, and the pharmaceutical companies that make opioids. The public doesn’t care about pain patients, doctors are easy to villianize, and the producers of opioids are lumped in with big pharma.