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It's not complicated to me, just make more. We should have a government funded drug producer for all the generics that the big companies don't think are profitable enough.
We shouldn't punish a population because a minority abuse something, that really only affects themselves.
I read this article a few months ago that I found quite interesting: Original link Unpaywalled link
The manufacturer in this blames the DEA, and whilst I don't trust a pharmaceutical company to do anything other than ruthlessly maximise profits, in this case I'm inclined to believe this depiction of the DEA as the overly persnickety bad guy (because I have even less reason to trust the DEA)