Dont expect Pharma to play fair. They don't play at all. They have the politicians in their pockets... and board rooms. When the pill mills were closed down. Morphine dried up and disappeared from the entire market so the doctors would write more oxi. Not a hint of a question why from anybody. There are probably still thousands of elderly on Methadone put there by doctors who refused to put them on Oxi or they just couldn't afford the huge difference.
Don't get me started on alcohol. Every week end I look in my 21+ year olds cooler to see the Designer Beer of the week. He is my one hope for breaking the cycle of abuse that I grew up in and perpetuated until his birth. He is the first ever of my expanded family to grow up in a dry, relatively sane environment. Now they dangle these brews like candy to kids.
"Don't worry dad, just a few beers with my girl and buds on week ends"
Sounds so harmless. I remember saying the same thing and looking back at my life, booze had caused me more trouble than a life of weed use ever did