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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Pharmacy technician admitted diverting Valium, Promethazine/Codeine Syrup, Vicodin, Loratadine, and Soma from Pharmacy A
2012-07
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Maryland | Pharmacy A | Valium, Promethazine/Codeine Syrup, Vicodin, Loratadine, and Soma | Admitted diverting drugs from Pharmacy A from the fall of 2010 until the spring of 2011; obtained the drugs for a family member and a friend, not for personal use. | not stated | Summarily suspended on January 31, 2012; permanently surrendered registration to practice as a pharmacy technician, with the Board accepting the surrender as a final order. | 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 | not stated | The technician was terminated and the technician's license was revoked by the state pharmacy board; the pharmacy itself was placed on two years' probation, fined $5,000, and assessed investigation costs by that board.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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Psychiatrist reprimanded for prescribing Ritalin to her spouse without medical justification
2011-12
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California Ridgecrest, CA |
Ridgecrest, CA | Ritalin | Admitted to prescribing Ritalin to her spouse without adequate documentation of medical necessity. | not stated | Reprimand by the Maryland Board of Physicians, taken reciprocally after the Illinois Board of Medicine fined her for the same conduct | none documented | source |
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Internal medicine physician summarily suspended over chronic cocaine and opiate use
2011-11
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Maryland Baltimore, MD |
Facility | cocaine and opiates | The Board determined that the physician's chronic and active personal use of cocaine and opiates constituted a substantial likelihood of risk of serious harm to the public health, safety and welfare. | not stated | Summary suspension of medical license | none documented | source |
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Anesthesiologist admitted to repeatedly ingesting illicit substances and evading toxicology screens
2011-07
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Maryland Baltimore, MD |
Baltimore, MD | illicit substances | admitted to repeatedly ingesting illicit substances and deliberately evading detection on toxicology screens, in violation of a prior consent order | not stated | suspension | none documented | source |
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Physician assistant wrote unauthorized prescriptions for controlled dangerous substances for her own personal use
2011-07
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Maryland Hagerstown, MD |
Hagerstown, MD | Controlled Dangerous Substances | found to have written unauthorized prescriptions for Controlled Dangerous Substances for her own personal use, amid substance abuse issues | not stated | revocation | none documented | source |
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Respiratory care practitioner took controlled dangerous substances from her workplace
2011-05
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Maryland Frederick, MD |
Workplace | controlled dangerous substances | found to have taken controlled dangerous substances from her workplace | not stated | reprimand with terms and conditions, upon applying for reinstatement | none documented | source |
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Registered nurse signed out extra OxyContin, Percocet, and oxycodone not given to residents and forged a narcotic sheet
2011-01
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Alaska | Long-term care facility for residents (not named in the Alaska board summary) | OxyContin, Percocet, oxycodone | signed out extra doses not given to residents and forged another registered nurse's initials on a narcotic sheet | not stated | consent agreement with five years probation, chemical dependency treatment, random drug screening, and employment restrictions | 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.