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[–] absurdlyobfuscated ago 

Doctors absolutely share liability for being fast and loose with prescriptions, because people usually just take whatever their doctor gives them. Patients with a lot of pain are way too often given something that gets them addicted. People who know what the drugs do and actively seek them out, on the other hand, those people deserve all blame and condemnation for exacerbating the problem.

You can still blame distributors who turn a blind eye to diversion into the hands of shady pharmacies, they would be willfully ignorant of or entirely complicit in facilitating the ones who profit from addiction and supply the addicts. If they step up and put morality and the well-being of their fellow man above making money, they could make a significant positive impact here.