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Filter every documented case by date, drug, state, setting, role, prosecution status, and penalty. Search accepts brand or generic drug names, facility names, and cities.
Showing 22 of 730 cases.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Mississippi pharmacy technician pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining hydrocodone from pharmacy inventory
2024-01-30
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Mississippi | Pharmacy in Jefferson County, Mississippi | Hydrocodone | not stated | Pharmacy technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Pharmacy technician surrendered registration after admitted theft of controlled substances from Walgreens pharmacy
2021-11
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Mississippi Gulfport, MS |
Walgreens pharmacy | controlled substances | Admitted to theft of controlled substances from the Walgreens pharmacy where the technician worked. | not stated | Voluntary surrender of pharmacy technician registration accepted; registration revoked; ordered to pay $150.00 in investigation costs. | none documented | source |
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Pharmacy technician surrendered registration after admitting to ingesting THC-infused chocolate while working at Kroger pharmacy
2021-11
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Mississippi Brandon, MS |
Kroger Pharmacy #493 | THC-infused chocolate | Admitted to ingestion of chocolate infused with THC while working at Kroger Pharmacy #493. | not stated | Voluntary surrender of pharmacy technician registration accepted; registration revoked; may petition for reinstatement after at least one year. | none documented | source |
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Walgreens pharmacy technician diverted Norco 10 and Norco 7.5
2020-07
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Mississippi | Walgreens pharmacy | Norco 10 and Norco 7.5 | admitted to taking Norco 10 and Norco 7.5 from the Walgreens pharmacy where she worked | not stated | The board accepted the voluntary surrender of the pharmacy technician registration, revoked it, and imposed $250 in investigation costs. | none documented | source |
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Walgreens pharmacist diverted Adderall and Allegra D
2020-07
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Mississippi McComb, MS |
Walgreens pharmacy | Adderall and Allegra D | admitted to taking Adderall and Allegra D from the Walgreens pharmacy where she worked | not stated | The board accepted the voluntary surrender of the pharmacist license, revoked it, and imposed $750 in investigation costs. | none documented | source |
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Pharmacy technician diverted OxyContin from AccuDose machines at Baptist Medical Center
2020-07
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Mississippi | Baptist Medical Center | OxyContin | admitted to taking OxyContin from the AccuDose machines at Baptist Medical Center | not stated | The board accepted the voluntary surrender of the pharmacy technician registration, revoked it, and imposed $250 in investigation costs. | none documented | source |
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Pharmacy technician diverted Norco, Percocet, and MS Contin from Magee General Hospital pharmacy
2020-07
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Mississippi | Magee General Hospital pharmacy | Norco, Percocet and MS Contin | admitted to taking Norco, Percocet and MS Contin from the pharmacy at Magee General Hospital where she worked | not stated | The board accepted the voluntary surrender of the pharmacy technician registration, revoked it, and imposed $350 in investigation costs. | none documented | source |
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Metro Jackson Hospital Nurse Charged With Embezzling Opioids
2017-05-24
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Mississippi | Hospital in the Jackson, Mississippi metro area | Dilaudid (hydromorphone) and morphine, both Schedule II | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Hospital nurse accused of embezzling Dilaudid and morphine for diversion
2017-05
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Mississippi Jackson, MS |
a metro-area hospital | Dilaudid (hydromorphone) and morphine | alleged diversion/embezzlement of Schedule II opioid medications | not stated | arrested; surrendered nursing license | none documented | source |
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Mississippi registered nurse's license revoked over medication misappropriation and unauthorized drug possession grounds
2016-10
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Mississippi | not stated | not stated | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Mississippi registered nurse's license revoked over unauthorized drug possession and misappropriation grounds
2016-10
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Mississippi | not stated | not stated | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Mississippi registered nurse's license revoked over unauthorized drug handling and falsified records grounds
2016-10
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Mississippi | not stated | not stated | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Nurse diverted hydromorphone from an automated dispensing cabinet system at place of employment
2016-04
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Mississippi | The nurse's place of employment in Mississippi (specific facility not named in the board summary) | hydromorphone | diverted hydromorphone from an automated dispensing cabinet system at the nurse's place of employment; misappropriated drugs, supplies or equipment | not stated | Revocation of nursing license | none documented | source |
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Mississippi registered nurse placed on 24-month restricted license over misappropriation ground
2015-10
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Mississippi | not stated | not stated | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Mississippi licensed practical nurse's license revoked over misappropriation ground
2015-10
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Mississippi | not stated | not stated | not stated | Licensed practical nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Mississippi registered nurse voluntarily surrendered license amid record falsification and misappropriation grounds
2015-10
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Mississippi | not stated | not stated | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Mississippi registered nurse voluntarily surrendered license amid self-administration of drugs ground
2015-10
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Mississippi | not stated | not stated | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Mississippi registered nurse voluntarily surrendered license amid misappropriation and record-entry grounds
2015-10
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Mississippi | not stated | not stated | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Mississippi licensed practical nurse given 12-month restricted license over drug possession and record falsification grounds
2012-07
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Mississippi | not stated | not stated | not stated | Licensed practical nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Mississippi registered nurse voluntarily surrendered license amid drug misappropriation ground
2012-07
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Mississippi | not stated | not stated | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | 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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Mississippi nurse anesthetist's license revocation over unaccounted Demerol reversed by state supreme court
1984-10-03
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Mississippi | County hospital in Monticello, Mississippi | Demerol | not stated | Certified registered nurse anesthetist | not stated | none documented | source |
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What each column does and doesn't cover
Every case states When (date) and Where (state) — 730 of 730. Beyond that, a blank cell means the source record does not state that fact, not that it did not happen:
- Setting: stated in 649 of 730 cases (89%)
- Drug: stated in 657 of 730 cases (90%)
- Method: stated in 474 of 730 cases (65%)
- Prosecution status: stated in 474 of 730 cases (65%); a documented penalty (fine, settlement, or restitution) exists for 77 of 730 cases (11%)
- Role: stated in only 255 of 730 cases (35%) — filtering or sorting by role silently hides the rest of the registry, which may still describe the same role in prose without a structured field
Why: documented failure modes
A separate text analysis of the 723 case summaries found 371 cases (51.3%) matching at least one named failure-mode pattern below. 352 cases (48.7% of 723) matched none of these categories - most of these are short board-order summaries ("licensee diverted controlled substances from their employer") that state an outcome without describing a mechanism, not cases where no failure occurred. A case can match zero, one, or several categories — these are corpus-level counts, not a per-case tag, and are not used as a row filter above: reproducing the exact category membership per case from the stored patterns did not exactly match this file's hand-curated counts on independent re-check, so no individual case here is labeled with a "why" that this code cannot verify.
Text names an act of replacing/refilling the drug with a named substitute (saline, water, an OTC pill, a cleaning product, etc.), OR uses swap/dilute/tamper to describe the same act, so the altered container went back into use looking unchanged.
Text uses stole/stealing/embezzled to describe removal of controlled substances.
Text uses a form of "falsif-" within 60 characters of a record-type noun (chart, inventory, transaction, receipt, prescription, etc.).
Text explicitly characterizes the prescription(s) as fraudulent, forged, invalid, or issued outside legitimate medical practice (including "pill mill" language).
Text names an automated dispensing cabinet/machine, or the acronym ADC, as part of the mechanism.
Text describes recording or claiming drug as "waste" (when it was not), pulling drug from a waste stream, or wastage that was not independently witnessed.
Text describes cancelling, voiding, or falsely entering a system transaction (an order, a return-to-stock entry, a cancel entry) specifically to conceal a removal.
Text states the FACILITY (not an individual concealing personal use) failed to maintain required inventory/records, or names a recordkeeping violation/negligent recordkeeping as the basis for the government action.
Text describes using a fictitious patient profile, a false name/identity, stolen patient information, or impersonating a licensed prescriber to obtain the drug.
Text states a failure to notify or report a loss, theft, or suspected diversion to a regulator.
Disclaimer
Case summaries are based on public records (DOJ press releases, court documents, news reports). Charges are allegations unless a conviction is noted. Analysis is educational, not legal advice.
Last reviewed: September 2026 · Content is educational, not legal advice.