In this day and age when, due to the human abuse potential, authorities threaten to remove the veterinarian's ability to utilize effective opioid analgesics in our patients, it seems counter-productive to lessen restrictions regarding who may handle those same substances. I strongly believe that only licensed personnel should be permitted to handle DEA Controlled Substances. We don't even let non-licensed personnel administer rabies vaccines, but they should be able to handle controlled substances? No. Absolutely too much risk of abuse.