&gt; People should be free to buy chemicals at will.<p>this would introduce a myriad of acute public health issues and do great harm to the public good, costing taxpayers billions of dollars for remediation.<p>Edit: the DHHS&#x27;s report on prescription medication abuse is good reading in this area: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cdc.gov&#x2F;drugoverdose&#x2F;pdf&#x2F;hhs_prescription_drug_abuse_report_09.2013.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cdc.gov&#x2F;drugoverdose&#x2F;pdf&#x2F;hhs_prescription_drug_ab...</a>