How could you have stopped him, DA? Was it even possible? That's not the way these things usually go. People take a calculated risk that they think is low enough to get away with (and then there's a mistake or something goes wrong) or they are driven by forces such that well meaning friends would have little effect.
Anti-drug work is worthwhile but tends to be most effective either in risk reduction (by reducing ignorance) or by helping people who have decided that they have had enough of drugs. I think it unlikely you will save many innocents, if that is your motivation.
Other than that, I think it's a great idea. Why not give it a try? Do also try and remember the positive in your friend's life and find ways of learning from that too - maybe in the things you enjoyed doing together.
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