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Going after doctors doesn't help the root of the problem either. It just makes it harder for everyone else to get drugs when you need them. Living in a fear d
by proverbialbunny 6y ago
Going after doctors doesn't help the root of the problem either. It just makes it harder for everyone else to get drugs when you need them. Living in a fear driven society sucks.
- jeffreyrogers 6y agoI have a relative who worked for one of the largest narcotics prescribers in NJ, so I'm fairly familiar with the role certain prescribers play in perpetuating the opioid epidemic. Some of these doctors are absolutely part of the problem and barring them from medicine is the least we should do with them. Not all doctors are good people. Some care more about money than about their patients and will get patients addicted to drugs they don't need if it brings them more money.
- proverbialbunny 6y agoWould you rather have drug abusers buying street drugs or prescription drugs I think summarizes the challenge concisely.
- jeffreyrogers 6y agoI would rather doctors not conspire to get people addicted to drugs in the first place. I'm not against prescription drug addicts having safe access to drugs, but we shouldn't act like prescribers are blameless either.
- proverbialbunny 6y ago>but we shouldn't act like prescribers are blameless either. I don't think anyone here is saying that. What's interesting is no matter what doctors do, 11% of the global population is addicted to drugs. I don't think prescribers can influence that. Psychologists can, but most drug addicts suffer from avoidant personality disorder, which is regarded as the single most difficult psychological disorder to work with.
- jeffreyrogers 6y agoThat's interesting about avoidant personality disorder. I wasn't aware of that, but it does fit a lot of the addicts I know.