http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/12/19/16334/111 For years, physicians in most states have had the option to enter rehab if it was discovered they had a substance abuse problem. Many programs even allowed them to continue to work while undergoing drug treatment programs and, upon completion, hide their past from their patients. To the outrage of the American Medical Association and addiction recovery specialists, <a href="http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/nationworld/story/233303.html">this policy is being discontinued by California</a> after several hig en-us Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:59:20 EST Wed, 26 Dec 2007 10:45:38 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/12/19/16334/111#8 Well, I work in a hospital, so let me just point out the following. Doctors are usually drug/alcohol tested before they're allowed privileges in a facility. They're also usually tested by the group they belong to (there's a lot of outsourcing in the med Wed, 26 Dec 2007 10:45:38 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/12/19/16334/111#7 <i>What special right to doctors have to fuck around with people's lives that those people don't?</i><p> <b>AMA</b> Tue, 25 Dec 2007 14:08:05 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/12/19/16334/111#6 <i>A school bus driver caught drinking on the job would be fired on the spot.</i><p> Good idea.  Nowhere is it stated that West wasn't sober when the breast reduction operation went wrong, and he was apparently able to keep his professional life toget Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:22:31 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/12/19/16334/111#5 Three days ago, I would have completely missed the pop cultcha reference here, but I was driving in an NPR dead zone and listening to pop radio, and "Rehab" came on.  I liked it enough to look it up.  Amy Winehouse was just a name in the tabs to Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:20:04 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/12/19/16334/111#4 Why should they even get a second chance? A school bus driver caught drinking on the job would be fired on the spot. We make everyone from retail clerks to subway conductors take random drug tests. What special right to doctors have to fuck around with Sat, 22 Dec 2007 23:55:38 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/12/19/16334/111#3 I think I need to know more about how this program works before I pass judgment. I have no real problem with a first time offender who shows that they have done a complete 180 after <i>voluntarily</i> taking the initiative to get clean to go back to work w Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:02:24 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/12/19/16334/111#2 The West example seems a little misleading.  West doesn't appear to have been in any rehab program at the time he made the original bad surgery, which was before his DUI accident.  If anything, West is an is an argument that the law should be eve Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:57:40 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/12/19/16334/111#1 I just want to talk about Amy Winehouse. What the hell's up with her? Not getting your visa straight is one thing but fixing your boyfriend's jury is some pretty out of control shit...I hope I get her CD for christmas, tho. Or maybe that other brit girl si Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:39:48 EST string http://www.treesandthings.com/search/