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

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.

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.

• Tantallon doctor's alleged trafficking lasted up to 20 months, records show

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.