I know for a fact we have problems in this country, all due to govt meddling. Drug addicts will always be with us, but there is n excuse for denying relief to those who suffer. My sinus meds, which do not make anyone high, are controlled now, and I can only buy less than the max monthly dose each month. Then there are the times I needed something, and couldn’t get something for pain, because of squeemish doctors. It will only get worse, IMO.
Original Sudafed has to now be purchased at a pharmacy and signed for. You can’t get paregoric that way anymore. You can’t get terpin hydrate like that anymore. And I don’t know what else is so controlled now it’s ridiculous.
But junkies still get their dope and create new ones while normal people jump through government hoops.
I sincerely hope that the legislators, bureaucrats, cops, prosecutors, etc who make it difficult, dangerous, expensive or impossible for pain sufferers to get the palliative drugs that they need, will die screaming and burn in hell.
I am done giving those who support the war on drugs any benefit of the doubt. They are not confused, misinformed or in error. They are evil.