Videos
~ Addiction among Healthcare Workers? – YouTube
~ Doctor accused of stealing drugs meant for patients and overdosing – YouTube
~ Doctors, medical staff on drugs put patients at risk – YouTube
~ Doctors stealing more prescriptions, report finds – CBS News – VIDEO
~ Doctor: I took 500 mg of narcotics every day – USA Today – VIDEO
~ Drug abuse among medical professionals rarely detected – YouTube
~ Drug-addicted health care workers able to get crimes expunged from record – YouTube
~ Drug Addiction In The Medical Profession – YouTube
~ Drug Diversion Investigation – YouTube
~ Drs. Investigate Drug Addicted Healthcare Workers – YouTube
~ Healthcare Workers Addicted to Drugs? – YouTube
~ Help for Addicted Doctors – Dr. Rodney Hough on CBS 21 – YouTube
~ ‘I’m lucky to be alive’- Former doctor on fentanyl addiction – YouTube
~ Legislation targets all drug-addicted healthcare workers, not just nurses – YouTube
~ Medical School Secrets: Study finds alcohol and drug abuse in med school – YouTube
~ More medical professionals stealing prescriptions amid opioid crisis – YouTube
~ Patients at increased risk of being seen by health care professionals misusing opioids – CBS News – VIDEO
~ Questions surround Florida’s rehab for addicted doctors and nurses – YouTube
~ Recovering drug-addicted doctor applauds new law requiring treatment – YouTube
~ Report: More Doctors Are Stealing Prescription Drugs – CBS Sacramento – VIDEO
~ Study shows healthcare workers stole nearly 50 million opioid doses in 2018 – YouTube
~ Treating Doctors and Nurses for Substance Abuse – YouTube
~ W5: Hospital staff with addictions stealing drugs – YouTube
Mainstream News
- ~ 1 in 10 Doctors Addicted to Drugs: Study – Newsmax.com
- ~ A Doctor Addicted to Drugs- Inside His Journey to Win Back Life and Medical License – NBC 7 San Diego
- ~ Amid opioid epidemic, report finds more doctors stealing prescriptions – CBS News
- ~ DOCTORS ADDICTED TO DRUGS. – (1914) The New York Times
- ~ Doctors and nurses with addictions often denied a crucial recovery option – Chicago Tribune
- ~ Doctor arrested after he allegedly showed up intoxicated to perform surgery – New York Daily News
- ~ Doctors and nurses stealing from patients as they turn to drugs in alarming numbers – Australia – News.com.au
- ~ Doctors, medical staff on drugs put patients at risk – USA Today
- ~ Drug Addicted Doctors Create Patient Risk – ABC News
- ~ Drug diversion provides ‘fix’ for addicted health care professionals – CTV News
- ~ ‘Drunk’ surgeon in 138 mph Audi crash that killed young student ‘whined that his very expensive watch was ruined’ – Knewz
- ~ Dr. Stephen Loyd: An addicted doctor offers argument for drug testing – The Mercury News
- ~ For Health Workers Struggling With Addiction, Why Are Treatment Options Limited? – NPR
- ~ Is Your Doctor a Drug Addict? – Daily Beast
- ~ Is your doctor stoned? Physicians with substance abuse problems continue to work – Today
- ~ Plastic surgeon accused of showing up drunk to operate – New York Post
- ~ Report: More Doctors Are Stealing Prescription Drugs – CBS Sacramento
- ~ Some Health Workers Suffering From Addiction Steal Drugs Meant For Patients – NPR
- ~ Special Investigation- Why ARE so many doctors addicted to drink or drugs? – Daily Mail Online
- ~ The Secret World of Drug-Addict Doctors – Daily Beast
- ~ Up to 15% of doctors are drug addicts. I was one of them – Los Angeles Times
- ~ What to Do When Your Doctor is Drunk: How to Deal With Doctors Who Get Drunk and High on the Job – Time
- ~ When Drug Addicts Work in Hospitals, No One is Safe – Newsweek
- ~ Why Are Dope-Addicted, Disgraced Doctors Running Our Drug Trials? – Medium
- ~ Why Aren’t Doctors Drug Tested? – Opinion – The New York Times
- ~ Drug diversion in hospitals exposes patients to infection – CBS News
- ~ Employee’s drug use eyed in hepatitis C outbreak that infects 20 at N.H. hospital – CBS News
- ~ Official- NH Hospital Employee Misused Drugs, Causing Hepatitis C Outbreak – CBS Boston
Independent News
- ~ Addiction in Medical Professionals – Addiction Center
- ~ Dealing with the Impaired Physician – Curbside Consultation – American Familysician
- ~ Doctors & Addiction: Physicians with Substance Abuse Disorder – Drug Rehab
- ~ Doctors Addicted to Drugs: Fentanyl Abuse in the Hospital – Addictions.com
- ~ Doctors and Nurses Should be Tested for Drugs and Alcohol- Medical Ethicist – Partnership to End Addiction
- ~ Free Refills by Peter Grinspoon, MD – Hachette Books
- ~ Impaired Physicians Program – Drug & Alcohol Rehab for Doctors – Positive Sobriety Institute
- ~ ‘Self-medication’: Why doctors abuse prescription drugs — ScienceDaily
- ~ The Surprising Statistics Behind Doctors and Drug Addiction – Dream Center for Recovery
- ~ When the addict is a doctor: The trend against punitive measures runs into resistance when the addict could cause medical errors – Modern Healthcare
- ~ Why Are So Many Doctors Addicted to Drinking or Drugs? – Prevent Disease
Reports
- ~ Alcohol and Drug Addicted Physicians: The Scope of the Problem – NCBI
- ~ Anesthesiologists Recovering From Chemical Dependency: Can They Safely Return to the Operating Room? – NCBI
- ~ Chemical Dependency and the Physician – NCBI
- ~ Drug Abuse Among Doctors: Easy, Tempting, and Not Uncommon – Medscape
- ~ Five year outcomes in a cohort study of physicians treated for substance use disorders in the United States – PubMed
- ~ Identification of Physician Impairment – JAMA Network
- ~ Identification of Physician Impairment. JAMA Network – Sci-Hub – PDF
- ~ Missed problems and missed opportunities for addicted doctors – The BMJ
- ~ Reasons for Misuse of Prescription Medication Among Physicians Undergoing Monitoring by a Physician Health Program – Journal of Addiction Medicine
- ~ Reasons for Misuse of Prescription Medication Among Physicians Undergoing Monitoring by a Physician Health Program – Sci-Hub – PDF
- ~ Substance Use Among Physicians and Medical Students – PDF
- ~ U.S. Outbreaks Associated with Drug Diversion by Healthcare Providers, 1983-2013 – Injection Safety – CDC