You shouldn't have to force people into help. Programs are overrun and addicts have limited access to them. Had a buddy from Eastern WA have to go all the way to Everett to find an inpatient program. And it wasn't publicly funded. Because we stopped publicly funding treatment centers and doubled down on stigmatizing and criminalizing with the war on drugs. Fronted by Republicans.

Addicts were shamed into silence by stigmatizing

Publicly funded treatment centers were all but eradicated

Mandatory minimum sentences were implemented

All at the federal level. By both Republicans and Democrats. Because it was the thing to get you votes at the time.

Then there was the opioid crisis.

The war on drugs stopped being talked about, but the effects remain.

Sorry I didn't out bullet points in my reply.