Daily, millions of Americans, take needed pain killers to alleviate pain due to illness or injury; however, millions still are taking the pain killers only to feed an addiction. The obvious way to combat the increased amount of narcotics available to the addicts is to disrupt the supply.
A. All pharmacies must participate in a national prescription database that generates a unique id for the customer. When filling a prescription they must reference that another narcotic has not been prescribed in the allotted time.
B. Provisions for individuals that have special needs on long term prescriptions over 21 pills.
If you cut the number of pills being dispensed into a 7 day limit at 3 times daily, you will take away the sale of these extra pills that are being written.