I don't think very many users want Fentanyl at all; short high, little to no euphoria. What users really want is diamorphine or similar, which is way less dangerous, but fentanyl is commonly used because it's cheaper to produce. Pure, consistent drugs would allow users to dose correctly and avoid overdoses.

A lot die of fentanyl without even knowing, because fentanyl was added to another drug to increase it's potency.

My proposal would sell pharma-grade drugs of known quality/dose in grocery stores at affordable prices. The illegal market would die overnight.

And increase the number of users which cause substantial problems on its own - crime, addiction, disease, various family issues.

These problems are caused by criminalization.

Right, because alcohol doesn’t cause any of those problems.

If you think alcohol should be legal then why not opioids? I just don't see how people can square these view points. We admit that alcohol can cause all sorts of health issues, including addiction and abuse, but it is legal anyway. And as a result it is well regulated (we know what we're getting) and it is easy to obtain (we don't have to deal with shady people in potentially dangerous situations). If someone is an alcoholic, then their family may ask them to seek help, but most of us will just ignore it because it is that person's problem and is not affecting us. There isn't any restrictions on alcohol content in most places - you can buy 180 proof grain alcohol just as easily as weak beer.

So why not treat other drugs the exact same way? There is no way to be logically consistent about this UNLESS you think that alcohol should also be illegal.

People abuse pharmaceutical fentanyl and don’t die. Why? Because if it says “50 ug fentanyl” they know exactly how much they are getting.

Rather than some off white powder that contains an unknown amount fentanyl.