Dominic Lawson is a pratt, more inconsequential one than his father. However broken clocks etc..
In this case opioids. It was an epidemic homegrown, supported by US companies and at least in the beginning aided and abetted by the medical ‘industry’ and the judiciary. Capitalism on the rampage and hang the consequences.
Incidentally the obscenely rich family who owned the drug pushers are still obscenely rich.