Dax Shepard

Wouldn't that have been nice for you?

Just to say...

You're not gonna like this answer, but I mean, I had to go through that.

You had an important life experience, and I'm not, and I am in no way discounting it or minimizing it.

But had I died, yeah, had I OD'd.

You came out on the other end, a lot of people don't.

I didn't end up shooting dope downtown.

A lot of people end up shooting dope downtown.

So like, I think there's definitely the responsibilities on the patient to be honest, to disclose, and even to bring it up if you feel comfortable.

For people who don't feel comfortable, the onus is on the doctor.

We as healthcare providers have to do our due diligence.

We have to get to know our patients just a little bit.

Can we do that?

If you're a healthcare provider and you're listening, spend three minutes.

I literally just did this.

I put like a pain assessment on my website because I don't think we assess pain properly.

And one of the questions we need to be asking is,

Do you have a history of addiction?

It's very simple.

You don't have to be trained in addiction medicine.