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Addiction In Pharmacy<br />

Environmental influences on pharmacists<br />

that increase vulnerability to addiction<br />

• Job stress ‐‐<br />

– 400 opportunities to make a mistake –<br />

longer hours ‐‐ less help<br />

• Life’s usual stressors<br />

– PProblems bl with ith parents t or children, hild<br />

financial problems<br />

• Culture of tolerance<br />

‐‐ The tendency to self medicate<br />

+ feelings of invincibility<br />

• Exposure / access to<br />

addicting drugs “depression4” nida image 56230(1)<br />

It’s a setup for addiction<br />

GENETIC<br />

PREDISPOSI<br />

TION<br />

JOB STRESS<br />

DRUG<br />

ACCESS<br />

LIFE STRESS<br />

SELF SELF‐<br />

MEDICATIN<br />

G<br />

TENDENCIES<br />

8/29/2012<br />

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