If we want to end the opioid epidemic, we must work to address the root causes of abuse. That’s why @SenCoryGardner and I introduced legislation to limit opioid prescriptions for acute pain to 7 days. Because no one needs a month’s supply for a wisdom tooth extraction.
What this basically means people have to hoard meds to survive travel (be it outside of the country or even just somewhere else - a lot of prescriptions can't be transferred multiple times!), so people need to hoard them. That's, uh, not something you want to encourage.