Here’s what you should know.
1. The state’s attorney general accused Mr. Martin, a Sturgis, Mich.-based physician’s assistant, of incompetence and negligence.
2. Mr. Martin can no longer prescribe painkillers.
3. In a two-year span, Mr. Martin wrote 26,000 prescriptions with 45 percent of them for pain medication.
4. Dr. Martin works at the Center for Health and Wellness, also in Sturgis.
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