Laws will never stop addicts. It is easy to become addicted too, so people who look down on addicts should seriously reconsider their position. For their sake I hope they never get prescribed opiates.

All the laws do is ruin the addict's life even more. It's a tragedy. The laws have a lot of negative consequences for the people, but it has a ton of advantages for police forces and the government. Those entities benefit greatly from drugs being illegal of course.

Doctors have a large role in this too. Go to any detox center, and they will tell you an alarming fact: half or more of the people there were addicted by a doctor's prescription! Doctors give out opiates as if they were candy, and doctors do not give a damn about you.

They benefit from making you an addict. You have follow up visits, and you have to have blood tests. It goes on forever unless you die or are lucky enough to break the habit on your own or through detox'ing.