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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Registered nurse alleged to have obtained controlled substances from a Texas pharmacy using unauthorized prescriptions and co-worker prescriber numbers
2026-02
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Oregon | Pharmacy | Zolpidem Tartrate, Eszopiclone, Acetaminophen-Codeine #3, Guaifenesin-Codeine, Butalbital-Acetaminophen-Caffeine, and Hydrocodone | Alleged to have obtained these medications from a pharmacy in Texas, for themself and a family member, through the use of unauthorized electronically communicated prescriptions, using the names and Drug Enforcement Administration numbers of three co-worker prescribers. | not stated | Stipulated Order for Probation; license placed on probation, with a 24-month period of probation to begin upon return to supervised nursing practice. Any monitored practice completed in Texas in compliance with the Texas Board of Nursing order counts toward the 24 months. | none documented | 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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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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Washington Health Care Worker Faces License Action Over Controlled Substance Diversion (2021)
2021
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Washington Washington |
Health Care Worker - pharmacy assistant at Laketown Pharmacy, Moses Lake (Washington) | About 246 pills for personal use (hydrocodone, oxycodone and tramadol per the order) | Details are limited to what the source states; see the summary above | not stated | Licensing action (2021); license suspended (Washington State Department of Health) | none documented | source |
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Walgreens pharmacy technician diverted Norco 10 and Norco 7.5
2020-07
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Mississippi | Walgreens pharmacy | Norco 10 and Norco 7.5 | admitted to taking Norco 10 and Norco 7.5 from the Walgreens pharmacy where she worked | not stated | The board accepted the voluntary surrender of the pharmacy technician registration, revoked it, and imposed $250 in investigation costs. | none documented | source |
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Savage Family Pharmacy Pays $180,480 to Settle Controlled Substances Act Recordkeeping Violations
2020-06-08
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Pennsylvania Waynesboro, Pennsylvania |
Retail pharmacy — Savage Family Pharmacy (Waynesboro, PA) | Oxycodone and hydrocodone — tens of thousands of unaccounted doses | Failed to reconcile inventories against the perpetual log and allowed altered counts and removed log pages, enabling undetected employee diversion over several years | not stated | Agreed June 2020 to pay $180,480 in civil penalties to resolve CSA recordkeeping violations | $180,480 (civil penalty) | source |
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Pharmacy technician diverted over 216,000 Norco tablets from a retail pharmacy while the pharmacist-in-charge failed to detect the theft
2015-08
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California West Hills, CA |
retail pharmacy (Target) | Norco (hydrocodone/acetaminophen) | A pharmacy technician diverted the drug over a roughly two-year period by repeatedly ordering large quantities to be delivered on days she worked, intercepting and hiding the bottles in the storeroom, destroying the packing invoices, and removing the drugs to her car while the on-duty pharmacist was on break. The pharmacist-in-charge failed to review delivery invoices, restrict access to the phone-ordering passcode, or conduct random audits that could have detected the diversion sooner. | not stated | The California State Board of Pharmacy found grounds for discipline after a hearing and revoked the pharmacist-in-charge's license but stayed the revocation, placing the license on three years' probation with conditions; a petition for writ of administrative mandate challenging the discipline was denied, and the Court of Appeal affirmed. | none documented | source |
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