Good? They're at least getting informed consent and an opportunity to be diverted towards harm reduction. Ideally if a patient stubbornly demanded a particular

Good? They're at least getting informed consent and an opportunity to be diverted towards harm reduction. Ideally if a patient stubbornly demanded a particular drug they'd be warned in graphic detail of why that was a bad idea, asked to sign a "Prescription AMA" form, and that'd be the end of it. If nothing else it would keep them in the system and out of the grasp of hucksters and literal druglords. The guys in the park selling opiates at unspecified dosage and purity are available 24/7 and don't even ask questions.