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I 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, b

• 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 ago
    That's interesting about avoidant personality disorder. I wasn't aware of that, but it does fit a lot of the addicts I know.