Joe Rogan Experience #2573 - Legion of Skanks · Aired Oct 30, 2026
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A lot of doctors get into drugs because they can prescribe them to themselves and to each other.
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Research does find that easy access to drugs and self-medication are real risk factors for physician addiction, especially in anesthesiology, emergency medicine and family practice. But the broad framing leaves out that reviews generally find doctors' overall rates of alcohol and illicit drug problems are roughly similar to the general public's, with their extra risk mainly in prescription opioids and sedatives. Population data showing doctors have much higher overall addiction rates than comparable adults, driven by prescribing access, would make this verdict wrong.
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Is it true that a lot of doctors get into drugs because they can prescribe them to themselves and to each other?
It leaves out the other side. Research does find that easy access to drugs and self-medication are real risk factors for physician addiction, especially in anesthesiology, emergency medicine and family practice. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2573 - Legion of Skanks, aired Oct 30, 2026, at 1:37. The supporting source is pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, linked below.
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