Ignore the problem and it grows. Focus on the wrong thing and it all grows faster. The challenge is to change the conditions under which it reproduces itself: this is adjacent to a broader question of adaptive strategy in a complex world.
Prohibition, as a policy archetype, emerges from an institutional reflex: control harm by restricting access. At surface level, this seems rational. But the U.S. opioid crisis reveals its flaw with brutal clarity. Decades of interdiction, scheduling, and enforcement have not stopped overdose deaths—they’ve amplified them. Synthetic opioids like fentanyl bypass traditional supply chains, intensify risk, […]
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