The number of people who have used heroin has increased almost five-fold, and the number of people who abuse heroin has approximately tripled since 2001.The drug Czar has failed miserably. It is absurd that we are spending Billions on the opiod epidemic when in truth the stop button is obvious. As far as I know opiods have 2 sources, doctors & poppy's. Do we know where they are cultivated? Of course we do- does anyone want to destroy the source. Apparently not. The monetary rewards are phenomenal for someone. 
The excuses are many, foreign country, cant destroy as fast as it grows.Spend the money to kill it at the source. Ya, I know we have tried before. The truth is it will never stop. 56,000 people have died overdosing this year. An new army of horticulturalist, (for lack of a better word) is needed, their only job; find the source fields & eradicate.No armed forces or any military personal (except whats needed to keep war lords at bay). A real war worthy of the maximum sacrifice.