Matthew Perry, ketamine and America's doctor-to-dealer pipeline

Unfortunately, the shadowy world of illicit drug use continues to get many of its ideas and pills directly from the world of medicine. Charges related to “Friends” star Matthew Perry’s October death are our most recent example. 

This was certainly true when the opioid epidemic was born and grew, as opium was turned into morphine, which spawned heroin, even as the medical profession was overprescribing opioids for supposed chronic pain. This knee-jerk prescribing fueled a massive amount...