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Showing 185 of 730 cases · page 15 of 24.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Registered nurse reprimanded for misappropriating narcotics from employer for personal use
2017-05
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Alaska | employer | various narcotics | intentional misappropriation of various narcotics from employer for personal use | not stated | Consent Agreement; public reprimand | none documented | source |
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California respiratory care practitioner's license revoked after nursing board discipline for possessing controlled substances and false hospital records
2017-03-25
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California | not stated | Controlled substance (not specified in the board summary) | not stated | Respiratory care practitioner who also held a registered nursing license | not stated | none documented | source |
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Pharmaceutical distributor pays record $150 million penalty over unreported suspicious controlled-substance orders
2017-01-17
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New Jersey | Distribution centers serving independent and small chain pharmacies | Controlled substances (suspicious orders) | not stated | Pharmaceutical distributor (DEA registrant) | not stated | none documented | source |
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Tufts Medical Center Pays $100,000 to Settle Controlled Substances Recordkeeping Violations
2016-09-20
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Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts |
Tufts Medical Center (Boston, MA) | Controlled substances generally — losses tied to three former nurses | Inaccurate inventories/records, uncontrolled prescription pads, untimely DEA theft/loss reporting | not stated | Civil settlement, $100,000 — announced Sep 20, 2016; 3 years of warrantless DEA inspections | $100,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Registered nurse admitted diverting controlled dangerous substances while working in an Oregon regional corrections system
2016-09
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New Jersey Wasco County, Oregon |
Northern Oregon Regional Corrections system | controlled dangerous substances | admitted diverting controlled dangerous substances while working as a nurse in the corrections system; separately convicted in Oregon of Supplying Contraband, Theft and a controlled substance offense, and voluntarily surrendered the Oregon nursing license | not stated | reprimanded for violating N.J.S.A. 45:1-21(f); petition to reactivate the New Jersey registered nurse license granted, conditioned on continued participation in and compliance with the board's Recovery and Monitoring Program | none documented | source |
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Northern Maine Medical Center Pays $125,000 to Settle Controlled Substances Act Allegations
2016-08-29
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Maine Fort Kent, Maine |
Northern Maine Medical Center / Forest Hill long-term care unit (Fort Kent, ME) | Schedule II-V controlled substances — destruction and disposal recordkeeping | Failed to document destruction method/manner; distributed controlled substances at an unregistered location | not stated | Civil settlement, $125,000 — announced Aug 29, 2016 | $125,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Cleveland-area diet clinic pill mill indicted for trafficking phentermine and scheduled stimulants
2016-08
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Ohio Cleveland, OH |
Diet Med Clinics in Mayfield Heights, Fairview Park, and Mentor | phentermine and scheduled stimulants | indicted for running a pill mill that illegally sold more than a million doses of weight loss medication; a physician allegedly used credentials to purchase large quantities of scheduled stimulants while having little or no patient contact as hundreds of thousands of doses were dispensed directly from the clinics | not stated | charged in a 227-count indictment with Engaging in a Pattern of Corrupt Activity, Drug Trafficking, and Money Laundering; arraignment scheduled for September 1 | none documented | source |
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Advanced practice nurse diverted phentermine through unauthorized prescriptions at Seacrest Village
2016-05
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New Jersey Little Egg Harbor, NJ |
Seacrest Village | phentermine (Schedule IV controlled substance) | The Board found the nurse called in multiple phentermine prescriptions under a collaborating physician's name and DEA number without authorization; she admitted writing phentermine prescriptions for facility staff and herself using the physician's pre-signed prescriptions. | not stated | Registered nurse license and advanced practice nurse certificate suspended for a minimum of three years effective 30 days after filing of the Final Order of Discipline; $5000 civil penalty. | none documented | source |
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- Drug: stated in 657 of 730 cases (90%)
- Method: stated in 474 of 730 cases (65%)
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Last reviewed: September 2026 · Content is educational, not legal advice.