Prescription drugs don't equal 'safe' drugs | Deborah Orr

Beware the doctor who doesn't administer medicines properlyWell, it's a start. Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray has pled not guilty to involuntary manslaughter, and there are few who believe that the charge can ever be made to stick. But that's hardly the point. The US has woken up to the fact that addictive drugs are not magically transformed into soothing medicines just because they are medically prescribed. Michael Jackson may have been an extreme case – in this and all other m...

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