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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Washington Pharmacy Technician Faces License Action Over Opioid Diversion (2024, case 2)
2024
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Washington Washington |
Pharmacy technician, Franklin County (Washington) | 1,000 tablets of hydrocodone and oxycodone | Details are limited to what the source states; see the summary above | not stated | Licensing action (2024); license suspended (Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission) | none documented | source |
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Alabama Pharmacist Sentenced for Diverting Tens of Thousands of Oxycodone Pills from His Own Pharmacy
2023-11-03
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Alabama Gadsden, Alabama |
Retail pharmacy (Midtown Pharmacy), Gadsden, Alabama | Oxycodone and hydrocodone | Pharmacist in charge over-ordered oxycodone from distributors, diverted the surplus stock bottles, and repackaged and resold the pills outside the pharmacy | not stated | Sentenced November 2023, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, to 54 months in prison | $110,620 (forfeiture) | source |
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Central Illinois pharmacy technician sentenced to 30 months for diverting hydrocodone and other controlled substances
2023-09-13
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Illinois | Pharmacy, Central District of Illinois | Hydrocodone, alprazolam, promethazine with codeine | not stated | Pharmacy technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Pharmacist charged with diverting hydrocodone/APAP tablets from a West Virginia pharmacy
2023-09
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Vermont Stonewood, WV |
a pharmacy in Stonewood, West Virginia | hydrocodone/APAP 10/325 mg tablets | Charged with taking between 25 and 50 hydrocodone/APAP tablets per day from the pharmacy for 3 to 5 years without a prescription; allegedly diverted tablets while at the pharmacy filling legitimate prescriptions for himself and/or family by accessing non-public areas and removing bottles; the pharmacy reported losses of 7,000 hydrocodone/APAP 10/325 mg tablets to the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, and the losses were attributed to the pharmacist. | not stated | Specification of Charges filed; requested relief includes revocation, suspension, reprimand, conditioning, or other discipline. | none documented | source |
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Pharmacist-in-charge diverted hydrocodone and tramadol powder from a pharmacy controlled-substance safe; Maryland license revoked
2023-07
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Maryland | a pharmacy in Virginia (name omitted from the order) | Hydrocodone powder (schedule II) and Tramadol powder (schedule IV) | Alleged theft of a controlled substance from the pharmacy; a pharmacy video camera captured the pharmacist-in-charge removing medication from the controlled substance safe and placing it in his pocket or into a cup; an inventory found 847 mg of tramadol powder and 2,947 mg of hydrocodone powder missing; the pharmacy president stated the pharmacist admitted taking controlled substances, including hydrocodone powder, and using them in his coffee and other beverages while working; the pharmacist admitted to Virginia Board investigators that he diverted controlled substances from the pharmacy for personal use between August 13, 2021 and October 13, 2021. | not stated | Maryland pharmacist license revoked; order reportable to the National Practitioner Data Bank | none documented | source |
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Michigan Pharmacist Sentenced for Selling 25,000+ Opioid Pills from His Own Pharmacy
2023-02-09
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Michigan Madison Heights, Michigan |
Retail pharmacy (Great Health Pharmacy), Madison Heights, Michigan | Oxycodone, oxymorphone, hydrocodone-acetaminophen, and promethazine with codeine | Pharmacist filled cash prescriptions for a patient recruiter, including in the names of people who never visited the pharmacy, and sold pharmacy stock bottles directly with no prescription | not stated | Sentenced February 2023, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, to 84 months in federal prison | $1,200,000 (forfeiture) | source |
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Alabama Pharmacist Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2023)
2023
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Alabama Alabama |
Pharmacist in charge of Midtown Pharmacy, Gadsden, and city school board member (Alabama) | Oxycodone, hydrocodone | Charge as worded in the source: conspiracy to distribute controlled substances; filing false tax returns | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced (2023) to 54 months in prison | none documented | source |
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Illinois Pharmacy Technician Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2023)
2023
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Illinois Illinois |
Former pharmacy technician at Sullivan Drugs, central and southern Illinois chain (Illinois) | More than 28,000 hydrocodone pills | Charge as worded in the source: theft or embezzlement in connection with health care; possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute (hydrocodone) | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced (2023) to 30 months in prison | none documented | source |
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