Cause Of Addicts

Have you ever wondered if doctors are the cause of people turning people into drug addicts? Research has shown that there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of medical created addicts are every year. Most doctors hand out highly addictive painkillers like candy because, it is much faster and easier fix. They could just be prescribing it because it would just be a quick fix, with them fully aware what it could potentially do to the patient. Doctors can turn their patients into addicts because, the doctors only care about their reputation, they have so many patients to take care of, and doctors are more for the business and money rather than the wellness of the patients.
Ultimately, the doctor wants to protect their reputation in order …show more content…
Then when they go to the doctor for a prescription, and the doctor would gladly give it to them, because they know they'll get more money. “Medicine has become a synonym for wellness”(Matthew Berry, para.1). Long ago all drugs were denied of a patient close to death, for fear they might turn into an addict. But now that fear is gone and all that is on their minds is money, and if they give the patient medicine they make more money. Most doctors are in it just for the money, not even caring about their patients, or what will happen to them.
In all, doctors need to learn how the wellness of their patients is more important than how much they make off them.Dr. Matthew Berry, clinical psychologist in addiction, has stated that the cause of prescription addiction is not just the doctors fault, but everyone.(Matthew Berry,para.7) It all starts with one mistake, to take down a person's entire life and career. Which means, that one mistake from a doctor by prescribing even one more pill than they should, could cost someone their life. From everything that has been said,the point is that, for this to