Criminal Behavior and Healthcare Professionals: An Examination of Pharmacists
When it comes to health care professionals like doctors, nurses, pharmacists or nurse practitioners, it's hard to picture them engaged in actions that are not helping-focused, as these professional have ultimately devoted their lives towards helping other people. However, the reality is that these health care professionals are people too and still subject to weaknesses, temptation and even criminal activity. This paper will examine the reality of pharmacists becoming addicted to the controlled substances they are responsible for along with the phenomenon of rogue pharmacists who help facilitate the illegal drug trade.
When it comes to pharmacists and prescription drug abuse, many people are unaware of just how common this actually is. As one pharmacists explains, "According to statistics, many of us do take part in self-medicating. A study by McAuliffe et al. reported that 46% of pharmacists use prescription drugs without a prescription. Sixty-two percent of pharmacy students surveyed had used a prescription drug with no prescription. Also, 20% of pharmacists reported they had used a prescription drug without a prescription at least five times or more in their lives" (Combs, 2009). Given these statistics there needs to be a greater impetus of regulation of pharmacist behavior and a better and more effective means of assisting pharmacists who are high-risk when it comes to addiction. Essentially, these healthcare professionals need more resources. They need more resources to regulate their behavior and they need more resources to help them prevent engaging in prescription drug abuse.
If patients or consumers think that their pharmacist is engaging in drug abuse or other illicit acts concerning the abuse or misuse of prescription pills, then there is a civil complaint process which does exist. For example, the consumer would want to immediately contact the Board of Pharmacy for the particular state...
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