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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Oklahoma nursing home LPN pleaded guilty to larceny of a patient's Schedule II medication
2022-09
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Oklahoma | Nursing home | Patient's Schedule II controlled dangerous substance (unspecified) | not stated | Licensed practical nurse (single-state license) | not stated | none documented | source |
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Detroit Hospital Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering With Critical Care Patients' Hydromorphone
2022-08-30
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Michigan Detroit, Michigan |
Hospital critical care unit (Detroit, Michigan) | Hydromorphone | Extracted the drug from vials and syringes pulled from automated dispensing machines and refilled them with saline before restocking | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentencing scheduled | none documented | source |
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Massachusetts Paramedic Pleads Guilty to Tampering With Ambulance Fentanyl Vials
2022-08-30
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Massachusetts Needham, Massachusetts |
Ambulance service company, Needham, Massachusetts | Fentanyl citrate | Withdrew fentanyl from ambulance-stocked vials and replaced it with saline before the vials were returned to service | not stated | Pleaded guilty to tampering with a consumer product; sentencing scheduled to follow | none documented | source |
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Charges announced in alleged opioid distribution network run from a Morris County physician's office
2022-08-05
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New Jersey | Physician's office in Morris County | Prescription opioids | not stated | Medical office employees, according to the Attorney General's statement; four defendants named in the release | not stated | none documented | source |
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Hospice nurse admitted diverting oxycodone and Oxycontin from two patients
2022-08
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Wisconsin Watertown, WI |
a hospice center | Oxycodone and Oxycontin | The nurse picked up prescriptions for two hospice patients, signed for oxycodone and Oxycontin, delivered fewer tablets than she signed for, and set up e-prescribing requests without physician orders; she admitted to police that she diverted prescription medication from the patients. | not stated | The Board suspended the nurse's license for an indefinite period, stayed the suspension on compliance with treatment, monitoring, and practice restrictions, and restricted the nurse from working in settings with access to controlled substances. | none documented | source |
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New Mexico pharmacy settles federal claims after DEA inspections could not account for over 24,000 controlled-substance doses
2022-07-12
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New Mexico | Independent retail pharmacy, Peralta, New Mexico | Controlled substances, majority opioid analgesics; 24,422 doses unaccounted for | not stated | Retail pharmacy and its owner (DEA registrant) | not stated | none documented | source |
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Missouri Nurse License Revoked Over Hospital Opioid Diversion and Unauthorized Badge Access
2022-07-05
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Missouri St. Louis, Missouri |
Mercy Hospital East, St. Louis, Missouri | Morphine and hydromorphone | Extracted drug residue from vials after administering patient doses and refilled the vials with an identical amount of saline solution to conceal the theft; also retrieved used vials from medical waste containers; after suspension, accessed the hospital 127 times over 18 days using her employee badge, and a drug test returned positive for morphine | not stated | Missouri Board of Nursing revoked the license on July 5, 2022; a circuit court reversed the board's order on January 29, 2023, and the board issued a probated license per the court's order on April 3, 2023 | none documented | source |
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Eastern Idaho nurse practitioner consented to civil judgment over hydrocodone prescriptions written for a third party
2022-06-14
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Idaho | Eastern Idaho prescribing practice | Hydrocodone | not stated | Nurse practitioner | not stated | 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.