Some health care workers who suffer from addiction steal opioids from work. Now, there's growing concern from health industry experts and researchers that this kind of misuse may be increasing.
where high risk medications couldn't be accounted for by healthcare facilities.
"We know that staff are really overworked, they're under a lot of time pressure. It's not uncommon for people to let things slide," Fan said.The DEA plays little direct role in hospital oversight "We don't spend a lot of time targeting hospital employees or clinic employees," he said."That is not where our biggest problem is in the United States right now."
That's because hospitals and clinics are largely responsible for self-policing. If medical facilities don't detect and report a problem, the DEA and other law enforcement have little chance of learning about it.
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