Convicted GP claims conspiracy.

Australian Doctor,  March, 2007  

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By Chris Hingston

A MELBOURNE GP who illegally prescribed narcotics to patients has claimed he was the victim of a conspiracy between state regulators and the Victorian Medical Board.

The actions of the Victorian Drugs and Poisons Unit amounted to entrapment, Dr Malcolm Adams Traill told a Victorian Medical Board panel after pleading guilty in court to 23 offences related to the prescribing of morphine and oxycodone.

Dr Traill claimed officers of the drugs and poisons unit would have been able to lose his permit applications, significantly shorten permit durations, hold up ...

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