"I see all kinds of problems with that, especially legal liability, physician ethics, and patient privacy. I don't want the government to know I do heroin."
Not a great deal of difference between Heroin and Morphine, which is widely prescribed by physicians for chronic severe pain.
Chronic severe pain is one thing. The physician is practicing medicine, insurance pays for the drug, and so what if the government or my employer knows about it?
But I have a problem with everyone knowing I use heroin for recreational purposes, how much, and how often.