The opioid crisis was magnified when Canadian Physicians were ordered to stop prescribing painkillers.  This seemed an easy solution, but those requiring painkillers (regardless of the reason) are now forced to seek a replacement on the street.  Street drugs were never known for their purity or dosage, so many people are dying.  
 
The opioid crisis is a good backdrop to examine the possibility of legalizing all recreational drugs.  Our drug laws are failed and wasteful experiment perpetrated on society, and continue to create massive costs that are passed through to every taxpayer.  

Canadians that want to use, or try, a drug should have access to a legal supply that is clean, pure, and of a known quantity. Period.

A practical, harms-reduction approach to recreational drug use is long overdue.  Drugs like LSD and Ecstasy can be hugely beneficial to individuals and society if users can be assured of the purity and dosage, and when used at the appropriate dose in the right setting.