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Pharmacy2022-10-18T16:37:32-04:00

Prevent Pharmacy Diversion

Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians come into direct contact with controlled substances every hour of every workday – it’s their job to procure, prepare, dispense and discuss drugs with consumers. This section highlights diversion incidents by:

  • Pharmacists

  • Pharmacy technicians
  • Other pharmacy employees


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Pharmacy to Pay Civil Monetary Penalties to Resolve Alleged Violations of the Controlled Substances Act 76 Lewis St, Whitesville, WV 25209, USA Mountaineer Drug, Inc. (“MDI”) June 23, 2021 View full detail
Pharmacy Technician indicted for allegedly stealing drugs from pharmacy 400 W Harding Rd, Springfield, OH 45504 Retail Pharmacy March 17, 2021 View full detail
Aun unlicensed pharmacy technician and others dispensed approximately more than 220,000 pills of hydrocodone without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the course of any professional medical practice. 12804 Gulf Fwy #200, Houston, TX 77089 Ennis Street Pharmacy March 17, 2021 View full detail
A pharmacist and two pharmacy technicians dispensed approximately more than 60,000 pills of hydrocodone and 57,000 pills of oxycodone without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the course of any professional medical practice. 1855 Barker Cypress Rd #140, Houston, TX 77084 Barker Cypress Pharmacy. March 17, 2021 View full detail
Pharmacist convicted of drug charges to settle related federal case for $2.9 million. 100 E Main St, Lititz PA 17543 McElroy Pharmacy, Inc. March 1, 2021 View full detail
Queens pharmacist indicted for illegal distribution of oxycodone and filing false tax returns . Queens, NY, USA Pharmacy February 11, 2021 View full detail
Meds2Go pharmacy sentenced for role in drug diversion scheme 762 Little Coal River Rd, Alum Creek, WV 25003, USA Meds2Go February 11, 2021 View full detail
Pharmacist indicted, accused of stealing opioids from Tennessee hospital 2986 Kate Bond Rd, Bartlett, TN 38133 Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett February 11, 2021 View full detail
Former hospital pharmacy technician pleaded guilty to taking more than 700 tablets of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, valued at about $6,700. 1000 W Carson St, Torrance, CA 90502 Harbor-UCLA Medical Center February 11, 2021 View full detail
Bartell Drug chain settles allegations it filled invalid prescriptions 4025 Delridge Way Southwest, Seattle, WA 98106, USA Bartell Drug Inc. February 11, 2021 View full detail
Pharmacy technician voluntarily surrenders license after being accused of drug diversion. 416 Mary Lindsay Polk Dr, Franklin, TN 37067, USA Clinical Solutions Pharmacy February 11, 2021 View full detail
Maryland pharmacist admits to filling fake prescriptions in exchange for sexual favors Towson, MD, USA February 11, 2021 View full detail
Patrick R. McQuade, 29, of North Tonawanda, NY, who was convicted of obtaining controlled substances through fraud, was sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay $7,793.78 in restitution to the Rite Aid Corporation. As a condition of his probation, McQuade is prohibited from employment as a pharmacist. North Tonawanda, NY, USA Rite Aid February 11, 2021 View full detail
Pharmacy technician would pretend to return stock bottles, take a bottle of Alprazolam to the consultation room, then conceal the bottle in her pants. 29505 Mound Rd, Warren, MI 48092, USA Meijer Pharmacy February 11, 2021 View full detail
A drug dealer and pharmacist were sentenced to a combined over 23 years in prison for their roles in a conspiracy to use explosives to destroy another pharmacy. 2115 14th St, Auburn, NE, USA Hyrum’s Family Value Pharmacy February 11, 2021 View full detail
Theft of pills by a traveling pharmacist led to murderer’s arrest 49 years later. 51000 Romeo Plank Rd, Macomb, MI 48042 CVS Pharmacy February 11, 2021 View full detail
Pharmacist Found Guilty of Drug Trafficking 1905 Buffalo Rd, Buffalo, WV 25033, USA Buffalo Drug Inc. February 11, 2021 View full detail
An Exeter, NH man and former Stratham pharmacist pleaded guilty to charges related to diverting prescriptions for his own use. Frank E. Styles Jr., 62, pleaded guilty to obtaining controlled substances under false pretenses, Stratham, NH February 11, 2021 View full detail
South Carolina hospital pharmacist is facing two counts of theft of hydromorphone from the Department of Health and Environmental Control. 955 Ribaut Rd, Beaufort, SC 29902 Beaufort Memorial Hospital February 11, 2021 View full detail
New Jersey pharmacist David Goldfield was sentenced to 27 months in prison for his role in a long-running conspiracy to illegally distribute and dispense large quantities of oxycodone. Medford Pharmacy, 639 Stokes Rd, Medford, NJ 08055, USA Olde Medford Pharmacy and Medford Family Pharmacy. February 11, 2021 View full detail
A pharmacist has been arrested in Mississippi in an investigation involving the diversion of pharmaceutical drugs. Hernando, MS February 11, 2021 View full detail
Pharmacists sentenced to prison for fake opioid prescriptions. 318 S Superior St, Albion, MI 49224 Parks Drug Store February 11, 2021 View full detail
Okotoks pharmacist Leanne Rogalsky has practice permit cancelled after she was found to have diverted 34,000 pills for her own use. 610 Big Rock Ln, Okotoks, AB T1S 1L2, Canada Safeway Pharmacy February 11, 2021 View full detail
Nurse acquired pain meds from patients in her care at a nursing home by fraud, and is also charged with tampering by diluting liquid morphine with mouthwash. 105 McCarren Dr, Manchester, IA 52057 Good Neighbor Nursing Home February 11, 2021 View full detail
A Tripler Army Medical Center technician was arrested for allegedly stealing narcotics from the hospital by fraudulently using about 65 patient identities. 1 Jarrett White Rd, Honolulu, HI 96859, USA Tripler Army Medical Center February 9, 2021 View full detail