[digger48]

No where did I mean to imply that I was justifying the Feds doing this.

As you said, this is a state issue because people died from his over prescribing.

Along with 10 other medications I take daily, I currently have a prescription for Oxycodone, that fortunately I only need on occasion, so this affects me too

[JRandomFreeper]

One of the problems is that there are people on SSDI that get these free of charge and then sell them on the street for $5-10 a pop to supplement their income.

'One of the problems' is a justification statement.

You were trying to justify the federal rule (not even a law, and not passed by congress).

/johnny