Strange, But Predictable

From the Pahrump Valley Times: After more than three years in business, a local pharmacy has shut its doors.
Family Pharmacy at 1360 E. Highway 372 left customers scratching their heads this week when they found the doors to the business locked.
Owner Ali Raza said there were several issues that forced him to sell the pharmacy’s patient list to Walgreens.
One of those issues dealt with the quantity of painkillers being dispensed compared to non-pain medications.
“We were very sad to leave but there was so many issues that was going on. There are stipulations for the controlled substances and there has to be a proportionate between ordinary drugs and controlled substances. There was a lot of pressure from the wholesalers that we have to keep the dispensing of the controlled substances way below and that was hurting the business quite significantly and this was going on for a few months. We decided it was better to leave now,” he said.
The business owner said that due to laws relating to the dispensing of prescription medications, his supply was being drastically cut back.
“There were a couple of other pharmacies in Las Vegas that were getting hit. We didn’t get hit but we were getting those notions. We were cutting ourselves down and people were noticing that for those specific pain medications. They would come to the pharmacy and the pharmacy’s answer was ‘no we don’t have it; we don’t carry it.’ It was because there was limited supply from distributors. It was like a ripple effect. The DEA Drug Enforcement Administration was pressing them and they were pressing us and ultimately the patient was getting the heat. This struggle was going on for quite some time,” he said.
Raza said that his inability to provide patients with certain medications eventually affected the bottom line of his business.
He also said that he wished his customers had more advanced notice of the closure of the pharmacy.
“My initial reaction was sadness. I didn’t want to leave but the people were great and they loved us so much and I felt bad,” he said.  http://pvtimes.com/news/family-pharmacy-closes-abruptly/
As someone who needs pain medication fairly frequently for a bad back hip and other body parts and knowing other people in the same boat, we are having increasing problems trying to find pain medication in Las Vegas.
Yes, there are people who abuse the pain medication, like oxycodone, and there are some stupid people out there who have overdosed and killed themselves.  Too bad, too sad and perhaps, thankfully, their DNA I out of the gene pool.
But just because there are stupid people out there killing themselves, is not a reason to cut the supply of Oxycodone for those people who need it.
This is another result of the Obama administration's continued nanny state operation and another failure of the Obama administration.