@Snidely_Whiplash @sickburnbro I've known several who like to observe patients when they don't think they are being observed

One of the sharpest was a dude who specialized in chronic pain. He kept a candy dish at his front desk. Since he was a bit of a health nut (very vocal about the evils of HFCS and refined sugar) this was very out of character. When asked about it over drinks, he smiled quietly and told me that opioid addicts invariably develop a bad sweet tooth. If he got a new patient with a story of severe pain and no medical findings, who was also begging for narcotics and raiding that dish when he thought no one was looking, said patient was informed politely that no drugs would be given.