It's magic.
It's great to have a trained medical professional on the campaign trail offering solutions to some of the nation's most vexing health crises.
I stand corrected. It could be great, but it's just not because Rand Paul. Here's a little dose of reality from USA Today a couple months ago:
Heroin use also grew by 60% among those with annual household incomes of at least $50,000 — close to the median household income in the United States. Heroin use grew by 62.5% among those with private insurance, an indication that the users are employed and more financially secure.
The report shows that heroin addiction can affect anyone, said Leana Wen, Baltimore City Health Commissioner and an emergency medicine physician.
"I can tell you from my experience in the ER that you cannot predict this addiction, any more than you can predict who has diabetes," Wen said. "We see addiction in all walks of life, from 60-year-olds to teenagers, in people of all races, in men and women."
Hopefully Rand didn't spend too much time on that only-bad-people-who-don't-have-jobs-do-heroin proposal. That would be a shame.