Every illegal drug has it's counterpart being marketed by "legal" drug companies. However , viable alternative treatments do exist. For every addict there is a CEO getting a bonus for increased sales activity. Should we actually look at the criminal, instead of the victim, then every drug company CEO would be in jail. We tend to use law to treat medical problems when the question of using tax dollars is raised, and that has failed woefully. Legalizing Cannabis, and providing the drug that can save an OD from dying is a step in the right direction. Alternatives to drug addiction are out there, but there is more profit in addiction. Drug companies,Doctors,counselors, Cops, and politicians all enjoy profits from an addicted society , so they have very little to gain by ending it.I have seen examples of people that have a drug addiction who were very much against drugs, until it was their problem.Drug companies could change it today if they wanted to, but there is no profit in it.