At last, an explanation! The reason that statistics and journalism don't mix is because journalists are no good with numbers. If they were, they'd be doing something that paid better.
If it costs so much money to give all those addicts methadone, why not just give them heroin instead?
It's amazing how complex and wasteful things can get once a legislature gets their hands on it, isn't it?
This would fix another problem without the intervention of the legislature.