In many hospital drug theft cases, the missing drugs are stolen for personal use by staff, according to experts. Article Continued BelowNunavut had only one incident but it was significant: 20 packages of fentanyl missing from a break-and-enter at a nurses station in May 2017. (The size of each package is not revealed in the data, making it impossible to estimate the full quantity of missing fentanyl.) Much of the missing fentanyl detailed in the federal records may simply be wastage — for example, a container is discarded without being empty. Some fentanyl enters the Canadian drug market through theft of pharmaceutical fentanyl products, according to Health Canada.

Source: thestar April 28, 2019 21:00 UTC