While I agree with you, at the same time, I can't help but think having someone take a pill or shot weekly/monthly/etc is whole lot simpler and easier than fixing the homeless problem, the cost of medical care, and training up (and paying) hundreds of thousands of new mental health professionals, among the dozens and dozens of different reasons people turn to drugs like this to 'escape'.
Do we have a clear picture for where we want this to go in the future? Though not exactly the same, does this start to walk the path towards a "soma" equivalent?