> Doctors are taught to be hypervigilant regarding "drug seeking behavior" which is pretty much a 1:1 list of behaviors of people whose suffering is "genuine."
Basically, an addict wants to look genuine, so a lot of genuine patients have to put up with stuff designed to cut off addicts. Like the scary "FBI warning" that only shows up if you actually pay for a DVD.
Slate Star Codex wrote about this: https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/09/16/against-against-pseudo...
Basically, an addict wants to look genuine, so a lot of genuine patients have to put up with stuff designed to cut off addicts. Like the scary "FBI warning" that only shows up if you actually pay for a DVD.