&gt; No, it&#x27;s a good thing. It means people that are addicted (by choice or not) don&#x27;t need to resort to crime or desperation to buy essential medicines.<p>This seems twisted to me. Okay, so they don&#x27;t do crime, but they get their stuff easier and stay addicted&#x2F;get worse&#x2F;die.  Isn&#x27;t it best to eliminate the motivation for doctors to overprescribe, but <i>still</i> force people to see their doctors for a fix? This way maybe the doctors can intervene and help them out.