What Happened
The Maryland Board of Physicians summarily suspended an internal medicine physician after determining that his chronic and active use of cocaine and opiates posed a substantial likelihood of risk to public health and safety.
No facility or additional detail on how the drugs were obtained was given.
What the Record Shows
Summary suspension of medical license
Why It Matters for Diversion Programs
This entry comes from a primary source rather than a federal enforcement release, and it is recorded as reported: 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.. Board and news records are a lagging indicator - by the time a licensing authority or a reporter learns of a diversion, the diversion was normally detected internally first, which makes each entry a signal that inventory reconciliation, waste observation or dispensing oversight failed earlier.