Let's face it, you're never gonna stop stupid people from doing stupid stuff. If they have an addictive personality, they will likely find something else to use beside Rx painkillers. Heroin or derivative of it would likely be the drug of choice. We've had a so called “war on drugs” for decades...hasn't changed a thing. There are more drugs now than when Nixon began the WOD’s.
Just another big gubbamint push to control every aspect of a person's life.
I have folks very close to me struggling with chronic pain. Dad and F-n-law. W/O their meds, they are consumed with with pain. Quality of life greatly diminished.