• wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    15 hours ago

    They’ll refill it forever too, even if it was supposed to just be a recovery aid. Seen more than one elder become addicted.

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      9 hours ago

      I just don’t get it. My FIL likely died of an overdose because his GP, who knew he was a hardcore alcoholic (since he treated him for withdrawals in the hospital multiple times), kept prescribing him fistfuls of Xanax.

      Like, my dude, you stop getting Medicare money if you kill your patients.