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addiction

According to the LA Times in an article titled “Doctors and drug abuse: Why addictions can be so difficult”: Doctors are addicted to alcohol, more than any other substance Second to alcohol, doctors are most addicted to opiates, which they can easily obtain Anesthesiologists, emergency room doctors, and psychiatrist have the highest rates of addictionRead More

The opioid crisis has spread like wildfire over recent years. Between 2015 and 2016, more than 100,000 people died of an opioid overdose. Coverage of the loss of life revealed a startling, yet important fact. Addiction does not discriminate. There is no one kind of person who becomes addicted. Much of the opioid crisis hasRead More