According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 91 Americans die from opioid overdoses every day. In many of these cases, the source of addiction began with a doctor’s prescription pad. Feelgood: Dealer or Healer?” addresses the role doctors unknowingly play in addiction through the case of Dr. William Hurwitz, a pain specialist who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for drug trafficking. Feelgood” details the stories of a few of Hurwitz’s patients who suffered from severe chronic pain and the only relief was prescription pain medications. The film asks the question whether it’s the doctor’s role to determine if patients are using painkillers for genuine or nefarious purposes, Marson said.

Source: Fox News January 15, 2017 11:04 UTC