But beyond that, I think the Opiod and Fentanyl crises (or crisis, depending on how you see it) has really discredited the libertarian-leaning argument of simply decriminalizing everything, hoping thar people don't fuck up their own lives, and providing remedial assistance when some of them do.

Who knew, drug addiction is way less of a problem in societies that have decriminalization... and don't have a medical industry which is allowed to pump harmful, addictive shit into common medication without consequences, so narcotics stay for the purpose of recreation.

I don't do any drugs myself, but even taking ibuprofen for a headache makes me reluctant. If that becomes the default response, that's probably a bad thing.