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I found this on the net, and wondered if these figures are true, then what does it say about pharmacists own state of health? Who actually cares about our health/well being?
From Drug Topics, 7/16/2001
Study by a Georgia State University researcher named Dean Dabney, Ph.D.
95% OF ALL PHARMACISTS HAVE DIVERTED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FOR THEIR OWN USE.
65% OF THESE PHARMACISTS STOLE THE MEDICINE FROM THEIR PLACE OF WORK.
40% OF THESE PHARMACISTS HAVE ENGAGED IN THE ILLICIT USE OF POTENTIALLY ADDICTIVE MIND ALTERING DRUGS (PAPDs
potentially addictive pharmaceutical drugs).
20% OF PHARMACISTS SURVEYED REPORTED 5 OR MORE EPISODES WITH PAPDs.
6% OF PHARMACISTS SURVEYED REPORTED MORE THAN 10 EPISODES.
6% OF PHARMACISTS SURVEYED IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS DRUG ABUSERS.
7.5% OF THE THOSE WHO IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS USERS HAD FORGED PRESCRIPTIONS.
24% OF THESE PHARMACISTS STARTED WITH PAPDs WHEN THEY WERE IN COLLEGE.
64% WERE OUT IN THE WORK FORCE WHEN THEY STARTED SELF- MEDICATING
42% OF PHARMACISTS SURVEYED HAD WITNESSED ILLICIT USE OF PAPDs.
65% HAD WORKED WITH A PHARMACIST WHO CONDONED SELF- MEDICATION.
30% PERSONALLY APPROVED OF SELF-MEDICATION.
I found this on the net, and wondered if these figures are true, then what does it say about pharmacists own state of health? Who actually cares about our health/well being?
From Drug Topics, 7/16/2001
Study by a Georgia State University researcher named Dean Dabney, Ph.D.
95% OF ALL PHARMACISTS HAVE DIVERTED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FOR THEIR OWN USE.
65% OF THESE PHARMACISTS STOLE THE MEDICINE FROM THEIR PLACE OF WORK.
40% OF THESE PHARMACISTS HAVE ENGAGED IN THE ILLICIT USE OF POTENTIALLY ADDICTIVE MIND ALTERING DRUGS (PAPDs
potentially addictive pharmaceutical drugs).
20% OF PHARMACISTS SURVEYED REPORTED 5 OR MORE EPISODES WITH PAPDs.
6% OF PHARMACISTS SURVEYED REPORTED MORE THAN 10 EPISODES.
6% OF PHARMACISTS SURVEYED IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS DRUG ABUSERS.
7.5% OF THE THOSE WHO IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS USERS HAD FORGED PRESCRIPTIONS.
24% OF THESE PHARMACISTS STARTED WITH PAPDs WHEN THEY WERE IN COLLEGE.
64% WERE OUT IN THE WORK FORCE WHEN THEY STARTED SELF- MEDICATING
42% OF PHARMACISTS SURVEYED HAD WITNESSED ILLICIT USE OF PAPDs.
65% HAD WORKED WITH A PHARMACIST WHO CONDONED SELF- MEDICATION.
30% PERSONALLY APPROVED OF SELF-MEDICATION.
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