However, I think we should take it in context. My clients are frequently successful in changing their lives. The opioid thing didn’t start yesterday (nor end tomorrow) and neither will our well-intentioned hard work. I spent 20 years banging dope and another 29 fighting its deadly effects. We will find the right tools and approaches. I have seen the shift in perspective and paradigms myself.

So, let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater: a lot of stuff we do, does work.

Finally, I am not at all comfortable with the whole cartel concept. Those are evil people, narco-terrorists, why borrow their language?

Just sayin’.