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Dr. Sarah Dawn Jones pleads not guilty to drug trafficking charges

Cassie Williams | CBC News | Posted: June 8, 2016 1:41 PM | Last Updated: June 8, 2016

Jones used to work at the Crossroads Family Practice in Tantallon

A Tantallon doctor accused of trafficking 50,000 opioid pills has pleaded not guilty to a series of offences related to an alleged drug-trafficking scheme.
Police say Dr. Sarah Dawn Jones, who used to work at the Crossroads Family Practice, trafficked 50,000 oxycodone and Oxyneo pills.

Image | Dr Sarah Jones

Caption: Dr. Sarah Jones graduated from medical school in Dalhousie's class of 2007, and is accused of trafficking 50,000 prescription painkillers to a patient who said he never received them. (Calnen Photography/Dalhousie University)

The 35-year-old is also charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking, theft, breach of trust, drawing a document without authority and fraud.
Stan MacDonald, Jones's lawyer, appeared in Bridgewater provincial court on his client's behalf on Wednesday and entered the not guilty pleas.
A two-week trial has been set for next February.
A group of people demonstrated outside the court Wednesday, as has happened during Jones's previous court appearances. Several of the protestors said they had family members who died as a result of prescription drug abuse.

Image | prescription drug abuse protest sarah jones

Caption: Protesters campaigning against prescription drug abuse were outside court on Wednesday. Most had lost a loved one to the problem. (Blair Rhodes/CBC)

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