“It almost feels like the dot gov has given up on the war on drugs and drug runners and decided to go after the legal stuff.”
Just because someone is addicted to the legal stuff, does not mean they are not a junkie.
I've known 4 addicts, 3 of whom became addicted while under the "care" of the VA. Another friend, who's a Navy veteran (she was a plane captain for an S3 Viking) and an alcoholic, and does her best to avoid opioids, had gall-bladder problems. She had 2 pre-surgery visits to the VA ER, in a 2 week period, and in each of those visits, she left with a RX for percocet, then another percocet RX after her surgery. She refused 2 of the 3 RX, and she is not addicted.
BTW, while the VA care for the veterans got them addicted for injuries related to their service, all 3 had to find and pay for their treatment to get over their addictions.
Mark