What are our politicians and policymakers doing to find solutions? Beyond knee-jerk reactions that simply throw more money to fight drugs, is there anything being done to devise more thoughtful policies, ones that can reduce drug use and addiction, and the costs associated with drug trafficking?

What are our politicians and policymakers doing to find solutions? Beyond knee-jerk reactions that simply throw more money to fight drugs, is there anything being done to devise more thoughtful policies, ones that can reduce drug use and addiction, and the costs associated with drug trafficking? Here are a few articles: https://bipartisanpolicy.org/download/?file=/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Tracking-Federal-Funding-to-Combat-the-Opioid-Crisis.pdf https://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/GrosecloseMilyo.pdf https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/30/581930051/drug-distributors-shipped-20-8-million-painkillers-to-west-virginia-town-of-3-00