I agree with my two colleagues who have voiced their opinions thus far.  I do believe the regulation in terms of dispensing this medication in particular is an overreach.  The small quantities of medication dispensed to patients, generally cats, is highly unlikely to be used to effect in addicts.  All the while, this adds further burden to the veterinarian in terms of workload and gives the regulatory agencies one more tool to fine or penalize them.  Instead, the state should focus on prescriptions provided by medical doctors and the pharmacists dispensing them and the possible role the insurance companies play in how much is dispensed.  Common sense should dictate that a prescription of 60 tablets of oxycontin to a human patient is excessive compared to the  relatively few doses of 0.09 mg of buprenex dispensed to a cat.