You are probably not aware of the recent shootings at 2 pharmacies on Long Island, NY in the past 6 months - 5 people dead because a couple pain killer addicted losers went in to steal pain killers.
Also, a very good friend of mine’s wife is hooked on pain killers and their young children are a disaster.
In the less hobbled-up past, physicians would either accommodate such cases with maintenance doses or attempt to wean the patient off very slowly — practices which will now get them in dutch with the DEA quicker than you can say expensive medical career in the toilet.
The same anecdotal horror stories are used by the Left to argue for gun bans.
People steal because they want televisions and we don’t ban televisions.