Quebec's College of Physicians wants to crack down on overprescription of opioids
Quebec's professional order of physicians is setting up a program to better monitor opioid prescriptions and detect doctors who may be overprescribing them to some of their patients.
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Quebec's professional order of physicians is setting up a program to better monitor opioid prescriptions and detect doctors who may be overprescribing them to some of their patients.