I had to travel by car cross country when I had mine. It was pretty expedient.
I have sympathy for people who get hooked on prescribed meds. A friend recently lost his son to that. Got hooked and then couldn’t break it. Very sad.
I tacitly agree with the sympathetic law enforcement approach to get the distributors, not the users. If they can control the flow, users can’t get the stuff.
The son of another friend was clean for 5 years, he used once and OD’d. Survived. His friends broke his ribs doing CPR and it got infected leading to a long hospital stay. Best thing that could have happened. He moved to a farm based rehab ministry to get away from the temptation.
Bummer. I was at home with one of them writhing on the floor trying (unsuccessfully) to find a position that didn't hurt, when a friend called and wanted to chat - I figured it wasn't going to hurt any worse if I talked so we talked about guns for an hour or so. Another time I was at work - about a mile from the ER and drove myself there - I had to stick my head out the car window to puke at one point, but I got to the ER, parked and eventually got to see the doctor who said "You have a kidney stone." No sh!t Sherlock! Anyway it passed while I was there and I drove home. The other times were less amusing.