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TAS:Doctor's drug prescribing had 'direct role' in deaths

A former medical practitioner who was the subject of multiple red flags played a direct role in the deaths of two patients through grossly irresponsible drug prescribing, a coroner has found.

Nicholas Brown, Matthew Winwood, Toni Wiki and Belinda Kemp, who were all drug dependent, died in Tasmania between September 2016 and August 2017.

They were being treated by David Jackson, who prescribed them methadone and benzodiazepines as part of opioid replacement therapy.

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