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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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District of Columbia Physician Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2023)
2023
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District of Columbia District of Columbia |
Physician licensed in D.C. and Virginia (District of Columbia) | Oxycodone, hydrocodone | Details are limited to what the source states; see the summary above | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced (2023) to 15 months in prison | none documented | 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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South Dakota Pharmacist Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2023)
2023
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South Dakota South Dakota |
Registered pharmacist in Scotland, SD who received controlled-substance deliveries for a hospital and pharmacy; conduct June 2019 to February 2022 (South Dakota) | Oxycodone, morphine, hydrocodone | Charge as worded in the source: Theft in Connection with Health Care; Obtaining a Controlled Substance by Misrepresentation, Fraud, Forgery, Deception, and Subterfuge (three counts) | not stated | Sentenced (2023) to 24 months probation | 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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California Physician Convicted in Opioid Diversion Case (2023)
2023
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California California |
Physician (California) | Oxycodone, hydrocodone | Charge as worded in the source: twelve counts of distributing the controlled substances Oxycodone and Hydrocodone outside of the usual course of his professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose | not stated | Convicted by a jury at trial; convicted (2023); sentence not reported in the source | none documented | source |
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Kentucky hospital agrees to $4.4 million civil penalty over recordkeeping that allowed pharmacy technician to divert 60,000 opioid doses
2022-12-08
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Kentucky | Pikeville Medical Center narcotics vault and automated dispensing cabinets | Oxycodone, hydrocodone, methadone (more than 60,000 doses) | not stated | Hospital pharmacy technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Kentucky hospital pharmacy technician diverted over 60,000 opioid doses; hospital paid civil penalty
2022-12
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Kentucky | Hospital system narcotics vault and automated dispensing cabinets, Pikeville, Kentucky | Oxycodone, hydrocodone and methadone (more than 60,000 doses) | not stated | Hospital pharmacy technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Le Roy pharmacy technician pleaded guilty to diverting hydrocodone and other controlled substances
2022-11
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Illinois | Pharmacy, Le Roy, Illinois | Hydrocodone (over 28,000 pills), alprazolam, promethazine with codeine | not stated | Pharmacy technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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