Key legal question
Whether the Dormicum prescriptions exceeded the scientifically admissible limits under the Narcotics Act
Extracted holding
Yes. The prescriptions far exceeded what was medically justified; no withdrawal plan or special authorization existed.
Extracted reasoning
For dependent patients, higher doses may be exceptional only with medical justification, special authorization, and a tapering plan. Here the quantities over years, the absence of authorization, and the lack of dose control showed that the limits of scientific medicine were clearly exceeded.