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Ten doctors in the province are being investigated for their prescribing practises when it comes to opioids like Fentanyl.
The College of Physicians and Surgeons says it’s found 5,000 patients getting dosages which are higher than recommended.
Mike Flynn, the director of the monitoring program; said complaints are based on reports from the public as well as a database that monitors the prescribing practices of doctors.
Premier Stephen McNeil apologized to Mi’kmaw chiefs yesterday for words in a government legal brief which infered members of a First Nation band were a conquered people.
Justice Minister Diana Whalen says her officials are also investigating how the term got in the document used in court in the Alton Gas protest case.
She wouldn’t say if there’s been any discipline for the lawyer who presented the brief in court.