Nobody steals air conditioners and scrap the coils out them to finance an alcohol habit. But heroin abusers do and a button (capsule) is about 6 to 10 dollars, so very cheap.
Putting these drugs in a free market venue opens up more opportunities for employee theft, more opportunities for pharmacy robbery, and Walgreens definitely does not want customers shooting up and dying on their parking lot.
Put the distribution in a safe, enclosed enviroment voids these expensive unpleasantries.
Now, I don’t know what the dollar figure would be to purchase the product, distribute and staff the dispenseries but it can’t be more than we are spending in the War on Drugs/Citizens/Constitution now.
How long does a button last? 10 dollars of alcohol is enough to keep even a high-tolerance drinker happy for several days.
Putting these drugs in a free market venue opens up more opportunities for employee theft,
You can say that about any consumer good.
more opportunities for pharmacy robbery,
Prescription drugs is not a lightly-regulated free market.
and Walgreens definitely does not want customers shooting up and dying on their parking lot.
Nobody would be required to sell any drug. And liquor stores don't seem to be worried about alkies passing out in their parking lots.