Solutions for the Drug Epidemic?

Picture this-- a society is consumed and overrun with drug abuse. Children are combing the streets committing serious crimes in order to get money to fulfill their cravings for drugs. Addicts and pregnant women are overdosing on crack cocaine or other dangerous substances. The authority of the government and police is slowly slipping away to a thriving black market. This is not how anyone in the United States pictures the future of our country. However, we are being forced to face the possible reality of this fate because of the rapidly growing drug problem that is permeating the stre…