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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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Pharmacy technician diverted a customer's oxycodone prescription at a Hagerstown pharmacy
2023-02
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Maryland Hagerstown, MD |
a pharmacy in Hagerstown, Maryland | oxycodone 5 mg/325 mg (oxycodone/acetaminophen), 45 pills | Alleged diversion of a customer's prescription: the technician was given the prescription, carried it with two others to the front register but gave only one to the cashier, placed the oxycodone prescription back in the customer waiting area, later removed the pills from the bag and put them in her pocket, and deleted the prescription on hold. She admitted to the pharmacy's asset protection manager that she diverted the oxycodone pills to self-medicate a back injury, and admitted in a written statement that she took a patient's medication and emptied 45 pills into her pocket. | not stated | Registration to practice as a pharmacy technician revoked by final order; the Board found diversion of a controlled dangerous substance. | 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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Mount Pleasant pharmacy technician charged with stealing OxyContin and Adderall from CVS pharmacy
2022-03
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South Carolina Mount Pleasant, SC |
CVS Pharmacy on Ben Sawyer Boulevard | OxyContin and Adderall | Allegedly stole tablets of OxyContin and Adderall from the pharmacy while working as a pharmacy technician. | not stated | Charged with two counts of theft of a controlled substance; booked into the Al Cannon Detention Center and later released on own recognizance. | none documented | source |
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Minnesota pharmacy technician took oxycodone from filled patient prescriptions; registration surrendered
2021-05
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Minnesota | Retail pharmacy will-call area | Oxycodone tablets | not stated | Pharmacy technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Dothan Pharmacy Owner Sentenced for Selling Opioids Without Prescriptions
2021-04-27
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Alabama Dothan, Alabama |
Independently owned retail pharmacy (Allen's Pharmacy), Dothan, Alabama | Oxycodone and hydrocodone (Schedule II) | Pharmacy owner personally sold controlled substances to individuals for cash outside any valid prescription | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced to 87 months in federal prison and 3 years of supervised release | none documented | source |
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Former pharmacist-in-charge and three others charged in Warren County oxycodone diversion scheme
2021-02-24
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New Jersey | Retail pharmacy in Allamuchy, Warren County | Oxycodone 30 mg tablets and promethazine | not stated | Former registered pharmacist-in-charge, a hospital pharmacy technician, and two others | not stated | none documented | source |
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Michigan hospital network paid $7.75 million to settle allegations its pharmacies enabled opioid diversion
2021-01-20
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Michigan | Retail and subsidiary pharmacies, including a Port Huron pharmacy and a Western Michigan pharmacy | Hydrocodone, oxycodone and hydromorphone | not stated | Health care corporation operating hospital and retail pharmacies | not stated | none documented | source |
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