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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Connecticut Physician Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2015)
2015
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Connecticut Connecticut |
Physician (Connecticut) | Oxycodone | Charge as worded in the source: illegally dispensing oxycodone and other controlled substances | not stated | Sentenced (2015) to 84 months in prison | none documented | source |
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Pharmacist Pleads Guilty to Stealing 67,000 Doses of Prescription Narcotics — Minnesota, 2014
2014-10-28
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Minnesota Burnsville, Minnesota |
Retail pharmacy in Burnsville, MN | Hydrocodone, oxycodone, carisoprodol, and diazepam | Falsified controlled-substance receiving logs to understate shipments, then stole the discrepancy | not stated | Pleaded guilty to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud | 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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Former Trinity Home Health/Hospice nurses accused of diluting and diverting patients' morphine and hydromorphone
2014-09
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North Dakota Minot, ND |
Trinity Home Health/Hospice | morphine and hydromorphone; prescription pain medication | Allegedly diluted nursing home patients' medications; administered morphine instead of hydromorphone; brought unused medication back to the office after a patient died and ingested it; investigation found multiple instances of drug diversion. | not stated | Charges across suspects include Endangering a Vulnerable Adult (B felony), Conspiracy (C felony), and Theft of Property (C felony); two former nurses voluntarily surrendered their nursing licenses after admitting to the drug-diversion allegations; arrest warrants were issued. | none documented | source |
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Delaware state hospital nurse charged with forging medication records to obtain oxycodone
2014-03-24
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Delaware | State hospital for the chronically ill (Smyrna, Delaware) | Oxycodone | not stated | Former nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Burlington pharmacy technician accused of taking thousands of hydrocodone, zolpidem and buprenorphine tablets
2014-03-11
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Vermont | Retail pharmacy, Burlington | Hydrocodone, zolpidem and Suboxone | not stated | Pharmacy technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Vermont supermarket pharmacist wrote and filled fraudulent hydrocodone prescriptions in two states
2014-03-11
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Vermont | Supermarket pharmacy; prescriptions filled in Vermont and New York | Hydrocodone-acetaminophen (majority of prescriptions) | not stated | Pharmacist | not stated | none documented | source |
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Former nurse at Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill charged with forging controlled-substance records to divert oxycodone
2014-03
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Delaware Smyrna, DE |
Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill | Oxycodone | Allegedly forged signatures of other nurses on Controlled Substances sheets to indicate oxycodone had been given to patients, while allegedly keeping the drugs for personal use. | not stated | Arrested and charged with three felony counts of obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation or fraud or forgery, seven counts of second-degree forgery, and one count of falsifying a business record. Released on $51,000 unsecured bond. | none documented | source |
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