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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Pain clinic physician indicted for prescribing fentanyl, oxycodone and other controlled substances without patient examinations
2018-06
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Ohio Hamilton, OH |
Cincinnati Centers for Pain Relief | fentanyl, oxycodone, methadone, morphine | Charged by indictment with unlawful distribution of controlled substances: allegedly prescribing fentanyl, oxycodone, methadone, morphine and other controlled substances on many occasions without patients actually being seen by the physician, and billing Medicare, Medicaid and the Bureau of Workers' Compensation for medically unnecessary prescriptions; also alleged to have received payments from a pharmaceutical company for sham speaking engagements about a fentanyl spray. | not stated | Federal grand jury indictment: 88 counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance, one count of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance with death resulting, eight counts of health care fraud and 17 counts of violating the anti-kickback law. Charges only; no finding or plea reported. | none documented | source |
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Maryland Physician Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2014)
2014
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Maryland Maryland |
Physician (Maryland) | Fentanyl, oxycodone, morphine, hydrocodone, methadone | Charge as worded in the source: conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, hydrocodone, oxycodone, morphine and methadone | not stated | Sentenced (2014) to 12 months in prison | none documented | source |
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Maine Health Care Worker Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2013)
2013
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Maine Maine |
Health Care Worker - certified nursing assistant, Kno-Wal-Lin, Union (Maine) | Morphine | Charge as worded in the source: one count of possessing morphine | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced (2013) to $400 fine | $400 (criminal fine) | source |
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Nursing Home Nurse Sentenced for Tampering with a Dementia Patient's Morphine — Kansas, 2012
2012-02-03
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Kansas Topeka, Kansas |
Rolling Hills Health Center, Topeka, KS | Morphine (also hydrocodone at an earlier facility) | Stole morphine from an elderly dementia patient's bottle, diluted it with tap water | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced to 3 years federal prison; surrendered nursing license | none documented | source |
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Nursing Facility Nurse Sentenced for Tampering with Patients' Morphine — Kansas, 2012
2012-01-24
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Kansas Salina, Kansas |
Holiday Resort Nursing Facility, Salina, KS | Morphine | Removed morphine from patient vials with syringes, replaced with sodium chloride solution | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced to 3 years federal prison | none documented | source |
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Family practice physician's license revoked after ingesting morphine in violation of probation
2004-01
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Maryland Catonsville, MD |
Practice | Morphine | violated a prior Board consent order and rehabilitation contract by ingesting morphine | not stated | Revocation of license; barred from applying for reinstatement for 3 years | none documented | source |
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Radiation therapy technologist's certification revoked after positive drug test for morphine
2003-01
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Maryland Bel Air, MD |
Bel Air, MD | morphine | Tested positive for morphine on a urine screen, in violation of a disposition agreement with the licensing board that required abstinence from controlled substances. | not stated | Certification revoked | none documented | source |
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Children's Wisconsin nurse diverted morphine and fentanyl for self-administration
2000
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Wisconsin | Children's Wisconsin | morphine and fentanyl | stole morphine and fentanyl intended for pediatric patients and self-administered the drugs; convicted of stealing drugs on the job | not stated | charged with multiple felonies; convicted; spent four months in jail; nursing license suspended indefinitely, later fully reinstated; pardoned | none documented | source |
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