The Pros And Cons Of Pill Shopping

Many patients go from doctor to doctor hoping to get a higher prescription count, in order to satisfy their need to get high. All because of, once again, their doctors who decide that it’s okay to over prescribe them with this addicting drug. This is why pill shopping should be strongly regulated and restricted. Due to the addiction that these patients have, they feel the need to constantly fuel it more and more. Their need to fuel this addiction makes them more vulnerable and willing to do whatever it takes to get their high. That is why there should be a stricter regulation, in order to make sure that if one has a highly addictive substance prescribed to them, than there is a certain limit on how many times you will be able to refill it(Blake). It …show more content…
Although this is an excellent way to start acting on this issue, many of the “Pill seekers from across state lines may prey on neighboring states that do not track who is filling prescriptions for products prone to abuse and recreational use”(Hanson). This act is illegal and you can be severely punished by law if caught doing so. Some officials think that this is the best way to handle this sort of situation, by incarcerating those who are addicts. Others believe that there is enough restriction on pill shopping, so we shouldn’t be worrying about it. Although they would argue that there is already a program enacted to restrict pill shopping that works just fine, they’re lying. The program is not effective what so ever, if it were we would’ve been able to see a decrease in both the pill shopping and overdose count. All this program does is cause problems for everyone, because of it there will be “...a decreased access to care”(Take Care Staff). That will prove to be a problem for patients who aren’t addicts, especially since most cancer patients need these opioids to go about their daily lives. This program will make it difficult for many patients to refill their prescription without being marked