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Patients say B.C. pharmacies offering kickbacks in exchange for continued prescription business theglobeandmail.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theglobeandmail.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dozens of pharmacies are alleged to have offered kickbacks to patients to fill prescriptions at their locations or recruit others to do so, maximizing how much can be billed to the province's publicly funded drug plan.
A 40-year-old man leans against a windowsill in his Vancouver single-room occupancy hotel, awaiting a delivery of medication from a pharmacy. A drug user for half his life, he is now prescribed fentanyl patches that adhere to the skin, along with tablets of the opioid medication hydromorphone, to stave off withdrawal symptoms.
Dozens of pharmacies are alleged to have offered kickbacks to patients to fill prescriptions at their locations or recruit others to do so, maximizing how much can be billed to the province's publicly funded drug plan.