The Latest: Doc’s alleged misuse of pain meds investigated

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on allegations that near-death patients in Ohio were given excessive pain medication (all times local):
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A criminal prosecutor says an investigation is underway after a hospital system found an Ohio doctor ordered “significantly excessive and potentially fatal” doses of pain medicine for at least 27 near-death patients in the past few years.
The Columbus-area Mount Carmel Health System acknowledged the doses were larger than needed to prov