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My understanding (which is limited) is that it didn't account for chronic pain suffering and appeared to be taking too broad a brush to something that is much more complex just to make a show of trying to address something in the zeitgeist.
Well the final text of the bill is not yet available, but she has said it doesn't apply to sufferers of chronic pain. The ongoing controversy is that chronic pain sufferers are saying that the line between acute and chronic pain is blurry. The criticism seems premature, however, given that the text of the final bill is not yet available.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gill...ic-pain-disability_n_5c92ef5de4b0d952b2232f5d
That thorny issue aside, it seems like a good idea to me. Limiting prescriptions to 7 pills in cases of acute pain seems likely to result in a reduction in over-dosing, and in recreational trafficking. It isn't going to be a panacea, but it looks like it could help.