Should dangerous drugs be treated as a health problem or a criminal matter? That is the question playing out in the halls of Congress right now.

U.S. Representative from Illinois, Sean Casten, says that he voted against a bill that would continue a federal ban on the illegal sale of synthetic fentanyl because there’s no instance in history where “criminalizing a drug has prevented its use.”

Still, as the opioid crisis in America rages on, communities in the Chicago area [...]