You'll have an aneurysm when you read about how heroin used to be sold in pharmacies. The drug war is a very recent phenomenon with a lot of dirty politics driving it.
(Ever see the portrayal of Marijuana's illegalization at the beginning of Pineapple Express?)
It's almost fun to watch a government battling two bogeymen against each other, like a child playing with toy action figures.
When one of them gets a cold, they have to give up -- all the home-remidies would have been super-effective, but they are all based on heroin/cocain/opiom.