Don't take your prescription to Darwin...

Currently on day 7 of my 10 day visit to my parent's place here in muggy yet green & beautiful Darwin, Northern Territory (that's Croc Dundee turf for any international readers).
However, as I am still wobbling around with a brace for my damaged spine, I needed to organise a prescription for my medication, Oxycontin before I flew up here, as my current supply would run out half way through my stay.
After several assurances from an alleged Doctor back home that any script she wrote would be able to be presented and filled in any pharmacy in Australia, I went on my way.
Now as my meds have run out I have been informed by numerous (and apologetic, BTW) Doctors and pharmacists that I will get no Oxy; the pharmacies won't fill an interstate-written script and the local doctors, even if they have time to see me, won't prescribe me my medication due to new legislation.
Legislation banning me from receiving my medication, LEGITIMATELY prescribed to me by others, EVEN WHEN local medicos AGREE I should have it, because too many junkies have rorted the system to illegally obtain prescription pain-killers.

FAIR ENOUGH. But surely, if someone presents with their a) interstate written prescription b) medicare card c) interstate drivers license that a Darwin chemist could just RING THE DOCTOR WHO WROTE THE GODDAMN PRESCRIPTION?
Fuck me dead, are the people who create these blanket legislations (that hurt ONLY LAW ABIDING patients who are ALREADY SUFFERING) brain dead?

ASSHOLES.
P.S. By the way, I honestly DON'T hope that the idiots who rushed through this brilliant law ever end up in my position. Even though I now am going to be in UNECESSARY AGONY for the next three days including a 3 hour flight home, you don't wish spinal injury on anyone. Even politicians.