This is because they have made legal opiates so difficult to acquire.

My 70 year-old father has a crushed spine from a work accident. He cries every day, literally tears running down his face because of the pain. No doctors will take him as a patient when they see his medical history of taking Vicoden. He would use up their quota set by the DEA.

The old man has been asking me how difficult it would be to get Heroin on the street. He's willing to die trying because his quality of life is so low. I keep telling him No.