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thestar.com on 2022-01-19 18:25

B.C. man addicted to painkillers sues his doctor in a lawsuit that asks: who’s responsible for patients’ opioid addictions?

The doctor has denied the man’s allegations of negligence in the prescription of opioids over a three-year span.

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