sad but true, i guess rest of the world should all adapt to this approach and just ignore US overdose epidemics, because it doesn't matter, right?

> and just ignore US overdose epidemics

Actually, that would be fine. The US doesn't need the world to pay attention to its opioid overdose problems. The world has enough problems to focus on, like millions of people still dying from malaria, or a billion people without access to clean running water or electricity. The US has plenty of tax revenue - ~$6.6 trillion annually, larger than Japan's entire economy - to deal with the problem completely on its own.