[AnotherUnixGeek]

Three retail pharmacy chains recklessly distributed vast amounts of pain pills in two Ohio counties, a federal jury said on Tuesday

I don't understand - aren't the prescribing doctors the ones at fault here? If some customer shows up with a legitimate prescription, what exactly are CVS, Walmart and Walgreens to do - refuse to serve them?

[grumpygresh]

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpain.2021.721357/full “The estimated risk of death from opioid treatment involving doses above 100 MMED is ~0.25%/year.” “The prevalence of opioid use disorder associated with prescription opioids is likely <3%.” “For example, the case-fatality rates associated with >100 MMED opioid therapy are comparable to the risks of fatal bleeding associated with use of rivaroxaban (0.2%/year) and warfarin (0.5%/year) in the prophylaxis of stroke due to atrial fibrillation (48)” “Vowles et al. a mean rate of ostensible addiction of 3.27%, and a complicated and nuanced picture of opioid use and misuse in patients on opioid therapy for chronic non-cancer pain.”