The US has a terrible record on dealing with drugs.  Who cares what these guys think, unless the plan is to do the opposite.  The problem is more complicated and has unintended consequence.  We knew we had a small problem with people abusing prescription pain killers, junkies have been robbing pharmacies for decades.  When the government cracked down on it a few years ago (limiting supply) these people turned to heroin or dealer were mixing in fentanyl.  When they talk about "opiods death" they are mostly Heroin and  fentanyl not the kind of pain killers we have all had post surgery.  I'm not suggesting handing out percote on the street, but I am suggesting our effort to curb use push the people to even worse things and that is why deaths are way up.  The government can't stop herion or they would have a long time ago.  We need to look internationally for better ideas.