No one has commented on the constant badgering that  many providers endure from patients and their families demanding more and stronger narcotics. The fact that these patients ended up in his practice, clearly demonstrates he was saddled with the therapeutic  failures of other providers/practices. The referring  providers  were most likely at the end of their wits in addressing the unrelenting and often out of control demands for narcotics from these patients and their families. I cannot attest to the specifics of the care given, but I can state  his actions did not occur in a void, meaning  the providers who wrongfully prescribed narcotics in excess or failed to properly monitor the use of narcotics and these patients bear a degree of culpability in this issue.