Measure would create liability for addictive drugs

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A Nevada lawmaker has proposed a bill that would allow doctors and drug companies to be sued if they prescribed medication to a patient who eventually became addicted to it. The bill’s sponsor argues that doctors “know the person can get addicted to the drug so they should pay for the process of them getting off it,” but opponents say it “ties the hands of physicians and takes away the rights of patients to choose which risk to assume while seeking treatment for their diseases.”