Doctors Doing Drugs and Drinking: Some Physicians with Substance Abuse Problems Are Protected by Family and Friends (Dealing with Disruptive Behavior‪)‬

Editor's note: Names of the doctors interviewed for this article who freely talked about their past substance abuse problems are being kept confidential in order to protect their privacy. As a director of pharmacy at a California hospital, Dr. Kevin stole Vicodin, Percocet, Demerol and morphine. He used them to get high, and there was no way for his colleagues to detect his abuse of his authority.