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Originally posted by: malibber2
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I disagree with your statement that legalization will make drugs cheaper and people won't need to rob and steal to get their drugs. With Heroin at $3 per bag today, I cannot see CVS selling it any cheaper when Oxy cost in excess of $30 per pill. Look at the price of Legal Pot where it is legal. On an economic basis, all your assumptions are based upon cheap, legal drugs and I contend Legal drugs will certainly not be cheap.
Oxycontin is expensive because the government regulates it as a controlled substance. You have to show up in person at the pharmacy and present your prescription in person to have it filled. Furthermore pharmacys are given a set allotment every month and once that allotment runs out it is tough shit for anybody that needs their prescription filled.
That's total bull. I've had many prescriptions for oxycontin when I got out of the hospital and some since, never once did they say"oh we've used up our allotment". There were a few times they were out but would have some tuesday(or whatever) when our
next trtuck comes in. Since I know my pharmacist I'm gonna ask to confirm it.
I have been told that several times. I had a long discussion with the CVS pharmacist about it and he explained to me that is how it works. He said they specifically put in requests to the DEA for a larger allotment, but the DEA has so far ignored their requests. It is the same for other controlled substances too.
There are lots of articles online about it too.
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In interviews with Pharmacy Today, pharmacists say they have had to turn away substantial numbers of patients with valid pain therapy prescriptions because their wholesalers, under what some suggest is stepped-up DEA pressure, have set monthly limits on their orders and in some cases stopped shipments altogether.
https://www.pharmacist.com/pharmacists-turning-away-legitimate-pain-patients-wholesalers-limit-shipments-controlled-substance-0
Here is one talking about ADHD meds:
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The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has the final say over the active ingredients in many ADHD medications, however, because the active ingredients are considered controlled substances. Active ingredients include amphetamine salts and methylphenidate.
The FDA only oversees the safety and efficacy of prescription drugs in the U.S.; it has no control over drug availability.
In 2011, the DEA steadfastly refused to raise the annual manufacturing quotas of these ingredients, suggesting it was the manufacturers to blame for the shortages. In January 2012, the DEA finally relented after increasing public pressure to fix the shortage, and raised manufacturers’ quotas by one-third.
