Exactly. The fact that there are some irresponsible people (statistically a very small percentage) shouldn't mean that the others, who really need the relief, should be treated like criminals and be unable to get their medicine.
It's not up to me or the DEA to dictate other peoples' quality of life. Being in chronic pain can a depressing Hell from which there is no escape, and unfortunately, there are many unethical doctors and pharmacists who take advantage of the situation the DEA has created, and who engage in price gouging.
The way the whole system works is absolutely shameful, and it saddens me that so many nanny-state big government conservatives are OK with that. As long as they get to indulge their self-righteous authoritarian impulses, all's right with the world...
Vote Trump!
I expect a chunk of them make their living directly or indirectly from the War on Drugs.