The problem is that the U.S. under what is being called the "deep state" fought a fake war in order to corner the worlds market on opium and through their backdoor dealings are pushing it in prescription form to hook people and then when they are classified as addicts they conveniently have street heroin readily available through the "deep state's" drug smuggling rings. These are crimes and we need tough law enforcement to stop it. Furthermore "treatment" is run and approved by the insurance companies and medical corporations that are also part of this "deep state" and no effective treatment is possible as long as they are in control of the whole sphere of opium and opium addiction.
We need both strong enforcement and effective treatment.
To say that by going after tough enforcement is ignoring the need for treatment is a dishonest premise.