Chronic pain patients have been punished harshly by the opioid crisis..

You got that right. I'm not the only one in the kind of pain that would stun an elephant.
In a geographical area where pain management doctors don't do medical pain management. Because of the 'opioid crisis', these doctors only concern is liability.

There is no evidence at all to suggest this will do anything to reduce the "social ills' being targeted. In fact, the available evidence indicates it will do nothing at all or actually cause harm as vulnerable kids are isolated from support groups.