With mounting pressure from an advocacy group calling on both the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make gabapentin a controlled substance, this presentation will focus on the published literature on gabapentinoid abuse. Are gabapentinoids really as bad as they are portrayed or is it all just a bunch of alphabet soup? With 7 states declaring gabapentin a controlled substance, and even more requiring gabapentin reporting on their prescription drug monitoring databases (PDMPs), the controversy surrounding gabapentinoids is likely one you'll want to know all the “GABA” about!