Lawfully Addicted: Chain Pharmacy's Role In Our Opioid Epidemic

by Raymond R Carlson

Overview

Between 1991 and 2017, the number of opiod prescriptions dispensed by U.S. retail pharmacies rose from 76 million to 526 million, while overdose deaths soared to tens of thousands annually. Yet a full 75 percent of addictions begin with prescription drugs.

Lawfully Addicted is the eye-opening account of pharmacist Ray Carlson's years-long fight for patient's rights as the pharmacy industry transformed from small customer-centric drugstores to huge chain pharmacies that ignored a law (OBRA-90) that was intended to prevent a national opioid crisis.

After reading this book, the public will understand the seeds of our epidemic and question the manner in which their prescriptions are being filled by "big business".

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798987022405
Publisher:	Raymond R. Carlson
Publication date:	01/13/2023
Pages:	346
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.77(d)

About the Author

Ray Carlson is the owner of RC Outsourcing, an FDA-licensed 503B Outsourcing Facility in Lowellville, Ohio. He graduated from Ohio Northern University's Raabe College of Pharmacy in 1985. Over his long career, he has worked at independent, chain, hospital, and home infusion pharmacies. Ray is a past president of the Ohio Pharmacists Association and Eastern Ohio Pharmacists Association and a former PCAB Surveyor. He is currently a member of APhA, OPA, EOPA, and the owner of a 503A pharmacy, RC Compounding Services, in Poland, Ohio, where he works with his wife, Lori, and daughter Emily. He has another daughter, Sarah, a nurse, and a son, Ray, Jr., an electrician.