[NittanyLion]

That's the ugly truth OR they wounldn't be prescribing such addictive drugs.

That's hardly a fair characterization. Pharma companies and docs are providing drugs that help improve people's lives, and then when those people abuse the drugs you blame the company itself. This is no different from blaming "Big Tobacco" for smokers' illnesses.

[thoughtomator]

The medical industry is hardly a legion of saints. Witness the latest spate of commercials to convince adults they have "ADHD"... and while we're at it, we can also look at the perhaps unprecedented child abuse that stems from improperly medicating millions of children for ficticious "diseases" like "ADD". Then we can take a look at the government programs that encourage and subsidize this behavior...

Really, there are no clear-cut good guys or bad guys, when looking at industries or classes of people as a whole.

[nmh]

"That's hardly a fair characterization. Pharma companies and docs are providing drugs that help improve people's lives, and then when those people abuse the drugs you blame the company itself. This is no different from blaming "Big Tobacco" for smokers' illnesses."

I have no idea why you dragged in tobacco companies. Atleast those companies are FORCED to be honest and state what will most likely happen when you smoke and NOT to start. "Traditional" doctors if you are lucky MAY tell you side effects on what to expect but they NEVER tell you NOT to take them or what will happen to your liver and kidneys AFTER you have taken them for a prolonged period of time. "Traditional" doctors also despise you knowing that they ONLY SUPRESS symptoms which of coursecreates more problems.