I would love to see the legalization of drug use. I don't think I'll live to see hard drugs being sold OTC, but I'd be perfectly happy with a more enlightened view to maintenance.
Something similar to the old method in the UK, where drug addicts were maintained on their drugs of choice. I think the UK has pretty much switched to the methadone / buprenorphine model, but a few lucky addicts still receive legal heroin, morphine, etc. for their respective addictions.
People in the US also need to understand the difference between true maintenance and extended detox. Ideally, maintenance should be provided as an option. In its present form, "maintenance" is understood as being stabilized on a dose of methadone or buprenorphine, then gradually tapered off with the expected goal of total abstinence from all drugs. That is not true maintenance.
Ideally, in the US, a morphine addict could have legal access to morphine maintenance, etc. Whether that morphine could be prescribed, dispensed at a clinic, or some combination of both could be determined by the patient's level of responsibility.
I've always said I'd be happy with a legal script for 100mg MS-Contin BID or TID for the maintenance of my opiate addiction.
Whatever the mode of distribution, the failed War on Drugs and persecution of addicts must stop. An array of studies have shown it's ineffective and failed. It's also economically unfeasible, unless you enjoy profiting on the misery of human beings via the prison and "treatment" systems.
We as a society need to become more enlightened, more willing to implement rational policies based on scientific research, and more compassionate to our fellow human beings.