Editorial – Doctor’s Roles in Prescription Drug Addiction
Everyone knows that heroin, coke, meth and other street drugs are dangerous and potentially-fatal. But what about prescription drugs? To the average person, prescription drugs tend to be overlooked as a major danger because they are both legal and approved by doctors. But what happens when doctors, influenced by greed, or celebrity or power, allow themselves to give prescription drugs to those who do not need them?
Although most doctors choose their profession because they want to help people, not all doctors are motivated by altruistic interests. There are those doctors who are more interested in lining their pockets than they are in curing people.
Although it’s too often used as an example, we can’t help but look at the death of musician Michael Jackson. Just seeing the amount of prescribed medications he was on is staggering. According to a …