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Lincoln Pharmacy, Tacoma Pharmacy, Hit with $80,000 Fine for Controlled Substances Act Violations
Seattle – A Tacoma pharmacy has agreed to pay $80,000 to settle allegations that it failed to follow the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
Lincoln Pharmacy, located in Tacoma, Washington, reached a settlement agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office over inspection findings by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) that the pharmacy had failed to comply with some of the administrative requirements of the CSA.
The settlement states that during an inspection in June 2021, DEA found that in a variety of ways, Lincoln Pharmacy failed to appropriately track controlled substances coming to the pharmacy. For example, the pharmacy failed to maintain records on substances such as oxycodone and hydrocodone between March 2020 and June 2021; Lincoln Pharmacy’s inventories of scheduled drugs were inadequate; the pharmacy failed to keep records of when and how much of certain scheduled drugs were delivered to the pharmacy; the pharmacy failed to secure some of the controlled substances; and the pharmacy failed to keep the ‘private key’ secure – something used to sign DEA orders.
Lincoln Pharmacy is paying the $80,000 settlement but does not admit any liability.
This is the third entity to settle administrative claims with the U.S. Attorney’s Office over administrative failure to follow the Controlled Substances Act.
Defendant/respondent: Lincoln Pharmacy
Exact criminal charges: Failed to comply with administrative requirements of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA)
City and state: Tacoma, Washington
Exact date: June 2021
Sentence or outcome: Paid $80,000 settlement
Dollar amounts: $80,000
Key Facts
- State: Washington
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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