I was around when this "War On Drugs" thing was kicked off in the 1970's as a Uniformed City Police Officer and in the 1980's participated again that "War" as a Federal Agent.....and I can assure you that despite the hype, expense, and lives lost.....it has been a bigger failure than the Afghanistan War.
There is too much money involved.
Money buys politicians, judges, police officers, real estate brokers, bankers, and so many others.
We should copy the Malaysia Law and deal harshly with Drug Dealers. particularly Fentanyl and combine our RICO Laws with the Malaysia Dangerous Drugs Act.
Then we would see a change in the amount of drugs being smuggled into the country.