I hope they succeed in stripping these laws away. People who suffer from chronic pain conditions have been tortured needlessly by not having access to these medications. No other medication has been able to step in and fill the void. All because many people abused the drugs and didn't follow the prescribed dosages. I don't blame the manufacturers for that at all.
Blaming opioids for opioid addiction is like blaming social media for people being dumb enough to hurt themselves over other people's opinions. It isn't the product at fault, it's the people who don't use it right and abuse it. And I realize this point of view is extreme for some, but it's true that the if you blame the product, you only solve a small part of the problem. And create other problems in the meantime.