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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Pinellas Park pharmacy owner sentenced for filling oxycodone and hydromorphone prescriptions outside professional practice
2020-04-24
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Florida | Retail pharmacy in Pinellas Park, Florida | Oxycodone 30 mg and hydromorphone 8 mg (Schedule II) | not stated | Licensed pharmacist who owned and operated an independent pharmacy | not stated | none documented | source |
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Pembina County Long-Term Care Nurse Charged With Stealing Resident Narcotics
2020-04-13
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North Dakota Mountain, North Dakota |
Long-term care facility in Pembina County, North Dakota | Hydrocodone/APAP, oxycodone, and transdermal fentanyl patches | Allegedly substituted over-the-counter medication for residents' prescribed opioids from March-November 2017; discovered via a tampered medication card | not stated | Charged April 13, 2020 with 9 felony counts of theft of a prescription, 2 felony counts of reckless endangerment, and 1 misdemeanor theft count - the first case brought by the state's new Medicaid Fraud Control Unit | none documented | source |
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Wisconsin Dentist Pleads Guilty to Diverting Oxycodone Through Employee's Prescription
2020-03-12
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Wisconsin Mauston, Wisconsin |
Dentist, private dental practice (Mauston, WI) | Oxycodone | Wrote a prescription in his hygienist's name, had her fill it, and took the pills for his own use | not stated | Pleaded guilty March 12, 2020 to obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, and deception; sentencing set for May 26, 2020 | none documented | source |
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Buffalo-Area Physician Diverted Controlled Substances Through Fraudulent Prescriptions to Associates
2020-03-05
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New York Buffalo, New York |
Physician contracted to area hospitals; fraudulent prescriptions issued outside legitimate patient care | Oxycodone, hydrocodone, and amphetamine | Issued fraudulent prescriptions in his own name and in the names of non-patients (coworkers, associates) in exchange for cocaine, cash, and a share of the pills | not stated | Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances; sentencing scheduled | none documented | source |
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Anchorage nurse practitioner charged with manslaughter and drug distribution for opioid prescriptions without office visits
2020-03
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Alaska Anchorage, AK |
Surgical Specialists of Alaska | diazepam, oxycodone, tramadol, hydrocodone, and Ambien | Alleged: used position as a nurse practitioner to fraudulently give a patient and others vast quantities of prescription opioids; routinely prescribed controlled substances to friends and acquaintances without office visits, chart notes, rationalization, or explanation, often via text or the internet; agreed to meet to write a prescription after a request for pain pills. | not stated | Indicted on 18 felony counts including manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide plus drug distribution counts; pleaded not guilty; license suspended by the Alaska Board of Nursing. An outside review found no justification for many of the prescriptions; the nursing board had previously suspended the practitioner's license. | none documented | source |
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Farmville pharmacy and pharmacist-in-charge ordered to pay $600,000 and permanently barred from dispensing controlled substances
2020-02-03
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North Carolina | Independent pharmacy in Farmville | Oxycodone, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, methadone and potentiators such as diazepam, alprazolam and zolpidem | not stated | Pharmacy owner and pharmacist-in-charge | not stated | none documented | source |
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Rawlins physician charged with prescribing oxycodone and other controlled substances outside legitimate medical practice
2020-02
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Wyoming Rawlins, WY |
Practice | oxycodone, alprazolam, tramadol, promethazine with codeine, amphetamine/dextroamphetamine, hydrocodone | Charged in a 32-count federal indictment with dispensing controlled substances from 2014 to 2017 often without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the usual course of professional practice, including to persons under 21 and to pregnant women under 21; the state medical board found in 2017 that the physician was inappropriately prescribing controlled substances for other than legitimate purposes, prescribing to known abusers, and offering drugs in exchange for sex. | not stated | Federal criminal charges (32 counts) with a guilty plea scheduled; 2017 license suspension; voluntary relinquishment of license accepted August 2018. | none documented | source |
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Iowa Nursing Home Nurse Sentenced for Stealing Patients' Pain Medication
2020-01-28
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Iowa Manchester, Iowa |
Nursing home (Manchester, IA) | Hydrocodone, morphine, oxycodone, codeine, tramadol | Took pills from 14+ patients by deception; diluted liquid morphine with mouthwash | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced Jan 28, 2020 to 4 years | $593 (restitution) | source |
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