O don't get me wrong, I find it very unwelcome and I'm perfectly fine with treating it as such from a social and cultural perspective. I just don't support the federal government determining what substances provide or don't provide value. Opiates do have a useful function as pain management if used and prescribed responsibly but I don't want the federal government to criminalize something that is a danger to an individual, especially to do so subjectively.

I'm fully supportive of localities enacting policies around it or states if they want. And sure, I get that is difficult to implement at that point but such is the nature of liberty.

Also, I mean I don't really support anyone choosing to use opiates recreationally but it's also the principle of it. If the federal government gets to control opiates, then where do we draw the line with what substances they do get to control?