There are lawsuits against the makers of Oxy for misrepresenting and pushing Oxy as such a miracle cure. It seems to be well understood by now that opioids are/were highly over prescribed, and there are a ton of addicts now whose lives have been ruined.

I also want to note that drugs often make life feel better, and a lot of peoples' lives for the past decade+ haven't been great. There is a social component to addiction that is inadequately talked about.

I would also suggest considering pressing your electeds regarding funding for long-lived independent drug studies for drugs such as ecstacy/MDMA, LSD, etc, as well as passing legislation inhibiting regulatory capture. I would like to see, for instance, marijuana effects thoroughly studied legally in long-lived large-cohort studies. There is potential here, but no silver herb, er, bullet.