What I've missed in the national  heroin addiction crisis is the conversation about eliminating the  supply side . During the Vietnam debacle heroin use was at an all time high (pardon the pun , nothing humorous here ). Reagan and the Salvadoran incursion brought heavy crack and cocaine use into our country . It is still Afghanistan after too many years , I believe the world's largest producer of opium derived products . Is there a connection ? I certainly don't know , but sure is suspect .