&gt; FDA approval ... patent protection ... scheduling it as a prescription drug ... opiates being illegal<p>These things provide not only prohibition and costs, but also many essential services, a matter of life and death in some cases. The free market is a useful tool, but not the solution to every situation; not every issue is a nail for the free market hammer. I don&#x27;t want to see how many of my neighbors die from a drug before I decide whether or not to take it.