In which Anna Lembke, a psychiatrist unauthorized in the management of chronic pain, LARPs as a pain management physician and suggests the solution is to abandon a patient immediately due to "doctor shopping" for opioids despite the patient clearly expressing excessive pain which warrants further consideration on if her regimen is sufficient. The immediacy to diagnose Opioid Use Disorder in chronic pain patients based on kneejerk value judgements of "red flag behaviors" is a serious problem, and addiction should not be something that can be diagnosed in 2 and a half minutes as it is done so in this CME.
