Drug diversion cases in Texas
25 documented cases, 1997–2025.
Figures are derived from the 730 case records collected on this site, not from official state totals.
Custodial sentences stated
Shortest: 20 months
Longest: 144 months (12 years)
3 prison or jail terms stated in 2 of 25 records. Probation, supervised release, home confinement and suspended terms are not counted.
Monetary penalties stated
Smallest: $5,000
Largest: $4,500,000
5 amounts in US dollars (civil settlements and penalties, criminal fines, restitution, forfeiture) in 2 of 25 records.
Drug classes involved
| Drug class | Records |
|---|---|
| Other controlled substance | 21 |
| Opioids | 4 |
A record naming drugs from two classes counts in both.
Settings involved
| Setting | Records |
|---|---|
| Retail pharmacy | 19 |
| Other / not classified | 4 |
| Home health / hospice | 1 |
| Hospital / health system | 1 |
Cases
Newest first
- Houston Cash-Only Pharmacy Owner and Three Pharmacists Sentenced for Pill Mill Scheme 2025-09-25 · Houston, Texas · Retail pharmacy
- Pharmacy technician took controlled substances from pharmacy (default board order) 2025-02 · Retail pharmacy
- Pharmacy technician diverted controlled substance from pharmacy (default board order) 2025-02 · Retail pharmacy
- Pharmacy technician diverted controlled substance from pharmacy (agreed board order) 2025-02 · Retail pharmacy
- Physician diverted Demerol from patients for personal use 2024-12 · Dallas, TX · Other / not classified
- Pharmacist admitted to taking controlled substances without authorization from the pharmacy for personal use 2024-11 · Retail pharmacy
- Hospice Nurse Stole Morphine from Dying Patient, Replaced with Cranberry Juice 2024-01 · Clifton, Texas · Home health / hospice
- Default order for diversion of controlled substance from pharmacy 2024-01 · Retail pharmacy
- Admission of taking controlled substances from a pharmacy for personal use 2023-09 · Retail pharmacy
- Registrant's registration revoked for diversion of controlled substance from pharmacy 2023-02 · Retail pharmacy
- Pharmacy technician took controlled substance from pharmacy for personal use 2022-10 · Retail pharmacy
- Pharmacy technician reinstated after taking a controlled substance from a pharmacy for personal use 2022-05 · Retail pharmacy
- Pharmacy technician took controlled substances from a pharmacy 2021-11 · Retail pharmacy
- Registered pharmacy technician took controlled substances from a pharmacy for use by a family member 2021-08 · Retail pharmacy
- Registered pharmacy technician took controlled substances from a pharmacy for purposes of sale 2021-08 · Retail pharmacy
- UT Southwestern Pays $4.5M Over Staff Fentanyl Diversion and Two Nurse Overdose Deaths 2018-04 · Dallas, Texas · Hospital / health system
- Pharmacist-in-charge and corporate president at a Cleveland pharmacy dispensed controlled substances pursuant to invalid prescriptions; agreed order 2015-08 · Cleveland, TX · Other / not classified
- Pharmacist-in-charge at a Dallas pharmacy dispensed controlled substances pursuant to invalid prescriptions; agreed order 2015-08 · Dallas, TX · Retail pharmacy
- Houston pharmacy dispensed controlled substances and dangerous drugs pursuant to invalid prescriptions; agreed order 2015-08 · Houston, TX · Retail pharmacy
- Dallas pharmacy dispensed controlled substances pursuant to invalid prescriptions; agreed order 2015-08 · Dallas, TX · Retail pharmacy
- Cleveland pharmacy dispensed controlled substances pursuant to invalid prescriptions; agreed order 2015-08 · Cleveland, TX · Other / not classified
- Pharmacist-in-charge at a Houston pharmacy dispensed controlled substances pursuant to invalid prescriptions; temporary suspension 2015-07 · Houston, TX · Retail pharmacy
- Houston pharmacy pharmacist-in-charge dispensed controlled substances pursuant to invalid prescriptions; temporary suspension 2015-07 · Houston, TX · Retail pharmacy
- Applicant for reinstatement granted probation after prior controlled substance diversion from pharmacy 2015-05 · Retail pharmacy
- Physician pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining diazepam 1997-05 · Brownsville, TX · Other / not classified
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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.
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