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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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University hospital employees fired for diverting controlled substances including alprazolam and hydrocodone
2016-02
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Georgia | Emory University hospital | alprazolam (Xanax), codeine, hydrocodone | Two hospital employees illegally diverted more than a million doses of controlled substances in a scheme that lasted nearly five years. | not stated | The employees were fired; a consent order fined the hospital $200,000 and placed its pharmacy license on probation for three years; the matter was reported to the DEA. | none documented | source |
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Pharmacy technician admitted taking Xanax, Lortab and Luminal without payment from a national chain pharmacy
2014-10
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Maryland Baltimore, MD |
a national chain pharmacy in Baltimore, Maryland | Xanax (alprazolam) 2 mg, Lortab (hydrocodone-APAP) 10/500 mg, Luminal (phenobarbital) 60 mg and 16.2 mg | admitted orally and in writing to taking the drugs without payment and stated the count was not accurate and that she stole the drugs | not stated | registration summarily suspended by the State Board of Pharmacy; terminated from employment; criminally charged in the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore County with theft less than $1,000 and theft-scheme less than $1,000 | none documented | source |
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A pharmacy technician diverted narcotics by taking and selling them, and the pharmacy's controlled-substance records were found inaccurate as a result
2012-05
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Mississippi | a retail pharmacy | hydrocodone and alprazolam | A pharmacy technician took narcotics from the pharmacy and sold them; a subsequent state board order found the pharmacy had failed to maintain accurate records of the receipt and disposal of hydrocodone and alprazolam over an extended period. | not stated | The technician was terminated and the technician's license was revoked by the state pharmacy board; the pharmacy itself was placed on two years' probation, fined $5,000, and assessed investigation costs by that board. A separate state board later granted the pharmacy's out-of-state permit application subject to one year of probation because of these violations. | none documented | source |
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Overland Park pharmacy technician stole hydrocodone and lorazepam, falsified inventories; sentenced to federal probation
2012-04-16
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Kansas | Retail warehouse-club pharmacy, Overland Park, Kansas | Hydrocodone (more than 500 tablets) and lorazepam (approximately 200 tablets) | not stated | Pharmacy technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Westchester pharmacy technician charged with trafficking oxycodone, hydrocodone and alprazolam after DEA parking-lot arrest
2011-12-21
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New York | not stated | Over 350 oxycodone, hydrocodone and alprazolam tablets seized | not stated | Pharmacy technician at a pharmacy in Mohegan Lake, NY | not stated | none documented | source |
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Tulsa hospital pharmacy operator paid civil penalty after employees stole hundreds of thousands of hydrocodone and alprazolam doses
2010-02-19
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Oklahoma | Two hospital pharmacies in Tulsa run by an outside pharmacy management company | Hydrocodone, alprazolam and phentermine | not stated | Pharmacy employees, including one responsible for invoices and medication purchasing | not stated | none documented | source |
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