{"id":315,"date":"2015-06-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/can-physicians-be-drug-addicts\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:28:25","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:28:25","slug":"can-physicians-be-drug-addicts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/can-physicians-be-drug-addicts\/","title":{"rendered":"Can physicians be drug addicts?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In our society, drug addiction is a prominent problem. According to a number of media reports, 10 to 14 percent of Americans struggle with a drug problem. When we think of drug addicts, however, the images that are likely conjured are of dirty, disheveled individuals who live in dilapidated houses (or on the street) and are one step away from losing their lives, since they have already lost so much else.<\/p>\n<p>However, there are a number of drug addicts who simply fly under the radar, and they have access to as many drugs as they like. They are doctors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2014\/04\/24\/the-secret-world-of-drug-addict-doctors.html\" target=\"_blank\">dailybeast.com report<\/a>, doctors who are drug addicts lead some of the most dark, yet brilliant and complicated lives. However, it is indicative of a serious disease that \u201callows for a great deal of self-pity and mischief.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/can-physicians-be-drug-addicts\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Can physicians be drug addicts?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our society, drug addiction is a prominent problem. According to a number of media reports, 10 to 14 percent of Americans struggle with a drug problem. When we think of drug addicts, however, the images that are likely conjured are of dirty, disheveled individuals who live in dilapidated houses (or on the street) and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-malpractice","tag-medical-malpractice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can physicians be drug addicts? &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; June 20, 2015<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Can physicians be drug addicts? - Medical Malpractice - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/can-physicians-be-drug-addicts\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Can physicians be drug addicts? 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