Anesthesiolgists and Addiction

Where he said I was posting insane bullshit. I don't appreciate my intelligence being insulted.
 
Sorry for the misunderstanding, I really wanted to word that differently. I meant "you" as in "what someone goes through when abusing..." You have a pretty critical opinion about the article, for a regular opiates user. That's pretty unusual to see. For what it's worth, I agree with what you had to say about it.
 
thujone said:
Sorry for the misunderstanding, I really wanted to word that differently. I meant "you" as in "what someone goes through when abusing..." You have a pretty critical opinion about the article, for a regular opiates user. That's pretty unusual to see. For what it's worth, I agree with what you had to say about it.
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Thanks for clarifying. I'm sorry for my out of line remark to you, I just thought your comment was directed toward me so I apologize. No harsh feelings on my end.

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Cane2theLeft said:
It's quite disingenuous to say that 'prohibition' caused them to make the choice to steal medication from their patients. Addicts in every corner of the globe find ways to get their drugs of choice without stealing from patients and doctors likely have far more means and resources than most all junkies to acquire whatever they desire.
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I think most addicts would take the path of least resistance though, and most doctors aren't the type to go out scoring in the rough part of town or making connections. And once they have a decent fentanyl habit, they're going to have a hard time finding any other opiate to maintain them, since fentanyl blows your tolerance through the roof.
I don't expect anyone to be 'saints' and I am perfectly fine with social and light recreational substance use but that is world's away from drinking fifth's of vodka or banging grams of heroin which is unprofessional and unacceptable from someone whose hands you entrust to life in. Physicians have ethical responsibilities and just like how it is unethical for them to operate on family members because they couldn't be objective, it's not right for them to engage in behaviors that could adversely affect their judgment which substance abuse (beyond light, social use) undoubtedly could.

You can argue the relative detriment of individual substances all day but my point is that *beyond* light, social use the doctor is taking risks that are untenable for their profession.
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I think I agree with you there on the overall point, obviously the ideal situation is that they aren't addicted to anything.
 
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