Hey dajohns, thanks for your insight. I agree that a majority of people who end up abusing start off with prescriptions they either got legally them selves or from a friend. I'm not going to condone or condemn legalization- but I do question the safety of it. Perhaps if there was some kind of regulatory system in place, but as it stands I don't see it being beneficial to the individual. There will always be a need for a fix, and people will do just about anything to get it. Combine that will dealers who will cut powder with just about anything they can get their hands on. Or worse add fentanyl to the mix- getting people hooked on a bigger far more dangerous high. And all for money? At that point it seems like the only ones who win are whoever is selling.