In Wisconsin we now have a law that certain medications must be reported to a central database and a doctor must consult this database before prescribing certain meds. Of course the wealthy and powerful can get scripts in other people’s names.
Same in Michigan. The database supposedly includes every prescription you’ve ever gotten for a “controlled substance.” As a result most doctors won’t even prescribe them any more because using the database is such a PIA. I almost had to beg my doctor for tramadol but I get them sparingly. Thirty 50 mg pills every 90 days. That’s enough.