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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Fort Walton Beach Gastroenterologist Pays $300,000 to Settle Controlled Substances Act Prescribing Allegations
2026-09-21
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Florida Fort Walton Beach, Florida |
Gastroenterology practice, Fort Walton Beach, FL | Oxycodone-acetaminophen, hydrocodone-acetaminophen, lorazepam, alprazolam, clonazepam, and tramadol | Unlawfully prescribed at least 127 controlled-substance prescriptions from Jun 2023 to Mar 2025 while maintaining no patient records | not stated | Civil settlement: $300,000, agreed not to reapply for a Schedule II/IIN DEA registration, additional DEA monitoring, announced Sep 21, 2026 | $300,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Registered nurse removed fentanyl from medication safe without order or documentation and failed to document controlled substance administration/wasting; license revoked
2026-04
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Oregon | Grants Pass Surgery Center, Hearthstone Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Bay Area Hospital | fentanyl, oxycodone, hydromorphone, alprazolam, lorazepam, tramadol | removed fentanyl from a medication safe without a written order or documentation; failed to document administration or wasting of controlled substances; wasted oxycodone without allowing a witness to verify the medication; delayed wasting of controlled substances | not stated | Registered nurse license revoked | none documented | source |
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Portland Mental Health Clinic Pays $20,000 to Settle Controlled Substances Act Violations
2026-01-26
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Maine Portland, Maine |
Mental health clinic, Portland, ME (Riverbird, LLC) | Lorazepam and other controlled substances kept by the clinic | Failed to report known diversion by a clinic physician to DEA; no post-ownership-change inventory; incomplete controlled-substance recordkeeping | not stated | Civil settlement: $20,000 + 3-year DEA Memorandum of Understanding, announced Jan 26, 2026; no admission of liability | $20,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Yale New Haven Hospital nurse sentenced to federal prison for lorazepam tampering
2025-10
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Connecticut | Hospital, secure medication storage | Lorazepam | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Pharmacist Sentenced for Diverting Controlled Substances From Mason City Pharmacies
2025-06-17
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Iowa Mason City, Iowa |
Pharmacist employed at three retail pharmacies in Mason City, IA, 2008-2023 | Codeine, phentermine, alprazolam, clonazepam, lorazepam, pregabalin, tramadol | Created unauthorized prescriptions in existing patients' names, falsified prescription and inventory records — mostly after hours — then filled and paid for the prescriptions herself | not stated | Pleaded guilty Feb. 7, 2025; sentenced June 17, 2025 to 1 month in federal prison plus 1 year supervised release | none documented | source |
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Yale New Haven Hospital Nurse Tampered with Lorazepam Vials
2024-12-11
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Connecticut New Haven, Connecticut |
Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut | Lorazepam | Removed a portion of drug solution from vials in secure storage, replaced it with an inert solution, and returned vials to circulation | not stated | Pleaded guilty Dec. 11, 2024, to tampering with a consumer product and acquiring a controlled substance by fraud; nursing license suspended | none documented | source |
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Nursing home licensed practical nurse convicted of diverting 638 narcotics pills from residents
2022-06
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Alabama Georgiana, AL |
Georgiana Health and Rehabilitation. Also referred to as Butler County Nursing Home in the Attorney General's release title. | Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, Tramadol and Lorazepam | Diverted 638 narcotics pills, including hydrocodone, oxycodone, tramadol and lorazepam, from nursing home residents for whom the medications were intended; thefts occurred between November 5, 2020, and January 19, 2021. | not stated | Pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree theft of property; sentencing set for July 7; faces one to 10 years imprisonment and up to a $15,000 fine for each conviction. | none documented | source |
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South Dakota ICU nurse's lawsuit over termination for fentanyl discrepancies rejected on appeal
2020-06-17
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South Dakota | Hospital in Minnehaha County, South Dakota | Fentanyl; also unaccounted lorazepam and hydromorphone | not stated | Registered nurse, intensive care unit | not stated | none documented | source |
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