they should be. One of my parents was a primary care physician. When I was growing up she had on-call duties once a month, and fielded lots of after-hours reque

they should be. One of my parents was a primary care physician. When I was growing up she had on-call duties once a month, and fielded lots of after-hours requests for opioid prescriptions or renewals. These were patients of other doctors at her clinic calling in. She always told them that she wouldn't prescribe those drugs over the phone and they'd need to go into urgent care because she was aware of the abuse and addictive potential. This happened in the mid 90s.