Drug diversion case registry

931 documented drug diversion cases from US healthcare, compiled from public records.

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Hospital

Acute care, inpatient, surgical, and emergency department settings

8 sections · 63 items

Community

Retail pharmacy, independent clinic, or outpatient dispensing setting

7 sections · 45 items

Multi-Hospital System

Health system with multiple facilities — per-site checklists and consolidated scoring

Per-site · Consolidated view

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THE REGISTRY

931 Documented Cases
52 States & Territories
Every Case Sourced to a Public Record
63-Item Assessment, Auto-Saved
Explore the diversion data Every documented case by year, drug, setting and outcome, with a map of cases by state. Charts and Map →

See the full statistics page for every chart, the ranked table of all states and territories, and every case listed state by state.

Counted from 931 records; every figure states its n. How each was counted.

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The registry in two charts

Counted from the 931 records when this page loads.

Top 10 states by cases

Case records by state: top 10Horizontal bar chart of case records by state. Maryland: 52; Michigan: 37; Massachusetts: 29; New York: 29; Washington: 29; Texas: 28; Iowa: 27; Tennessee: 27; Connecticut: 26; Mississippi: 25; all 42 other states and territories together: 622. Total 931.0204060Maryland: 5252MarylandMichigan: 3737MichiganMassachusetts: 2929MassachusettsNew York: 2929New YorkWashington: 2929WashingtonTexas: 2828TexasIowa: 2727IowaTennessee: 2727TennesseeConnecticut: 2626ConnecticutMississippi: 2525Mississippi622 cases in 42 other states & territoriesAggregated, so not drawn on the bar scale above.
All 931 records: the top 10 states hold 309, the 42 other states and territories 622. Ties for 10th place go in name order.
Numbers for each state →

Drug classes named in records

Share of records naming each drug classHorizontal bar chart: share of the 931 records that name each drug class. Opioids: 588 (63.2%); Other controlled substance: 241 (25.9%); Benzodiazepines: 53 (5.7%); Stimulants: 34 (3.7%); Anesthetics / sedatives: 14 (1.5%); Anabolic steroids: 2 (0.2%); Drug not stated: 73 (7.8%). 68 records name more than one class, so shares add to more than 100%.0%20%40%60%80%Opioids: 588 · 63%588 · 63%OpioidsOther controlled substance: 241 · 26%241 · 26%Other controlledsubstanceBenzodiazepines: 53 · 6%53 · 6%BenzodiazepinesStimulants: 34 · 4%34 · 4%StimulantsAnesthetics / sedatives: 14 · 2%14 · 2%Anesthetics /sedativesAnabolic steroids: 2 · <1%2 · <1%Anabolic steroidsDrug not stated: 73 · 8%73 · 8%Drug not stated
Share of all 931 records naming each drug class. 68 name more than one class, so shares add to over 100%; 73 state no recognised drug.
Numbers for each class →

Newest cases

  1. Florida Pharmacist Sentenced to Over 7 Years in Prison for Massive Illegal Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy Margate and Pembroke Pines, Florida
  2. Emergency Department Physician Pleads Guilty to 19 Counts of Illegally Prescribing Opioids and Stimulants Pensacola, Florida
  3. Pennsylvania Psychiatrist's DEA Registration Revoked After Falsified Records and Prescriptions to an Undercover Patient Easton, Pennsylvania

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