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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Physician accused of taking back prescribed opioids from patients for personal use and falsifying records
2017-07
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New Mexico Moriarty, NM |
Moriarty, NM | opioid drugs / controlled substances | Alleged to have resumed personal use of opioid drugs, prescribed large and varied amounts of controlled substances to patients without adequate medical justification, taken back controlled substances he had prescribed to patients for his own personal use, and falsified medical records to justify the prescribing | not stated | DEA revoked his Certificate of Registration; revocation was based on the resulting suspension of his state medical license, not on an adjudication of the diversion allegations, which remained contested and pending before the state medical board | none documented | source |
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Alaska registered nurse reprimanded for diverting narcotics from employer for personal use
2017-05
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Alaska | her employer | various narcotics | intentionally misappropriated various narcotics from her employer for personal use | not stated | public reprimand; consent agreement | none documented | 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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Minnesota pharmacist diverted hydrocodone, zolpidem and tramadol for years and altered records; license suspended indefinitely
2017-02
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Minnesota | Multiple pharmacies where the licensee practiced | Hydrocodone/acetaminophen, zolpidem, tramadol | not stated | Pharmacist | 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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Casper physician suspended over alleged excessive painkiller prescriptions and oxycodone conspiracy
2016-12
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Wyoming Casper, WY |
Casper, WY | oxycodone, methadone, fentanyl, hydrocodone, phentermine, hydromorphone, tramadol, testosterone cypionate | The board found the physician prescribed high amounts of oxycodone, methadone, and fentanyl to one patient and may have conspired to acquire a scheduled drug by deception for use by someone other than that patient; prescribed controlled substances to a patient with whom he was in a relationship and may have obtained them by fraud; and increased and decreased oxycodone doses for another patient, which the board said could be careless disregard or conspiracy to acquire a narcotic by fraud. | not stated | Wyoming Board of Medicine summarily suspended the physician's license until a formal complaint and hearing; the physician was arrested and charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. | none documented | 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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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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