[bepvte]

Read the linked new yorker article at the bottom of this one to see how they played a direct critical role in getting doctors to perscribe them for minor pain.

[sneak]

A doctor prescribing them and someone ingesting them are different acts. One does not harm anyone, and is just writing on a piece of paper. The other is extremely dangerous.

[bepvte]

We generally trust doctors to give us medications and advice that help us, and ingest what they prescribe.

[jessaustin]

If physicians aren't responsible for safely prescribing medication, why do we bother having them?