Drug diversion involves diverting a controlled medication from a legitimate use to an illicit one.
Motives for diversion of a controlled drug:
(1) personal use
(2) use by family or friends
(3) profit
Types of drug diversion:
(1) doctor shopping
(2) access from an Internet pharmacy without a legitimate prescription
(3) drug theft
(4) illicit prescription practices by health care providers
(5) selling own medications
(6) forging or modifying a prescription
Drug theft may be:
(1) from a pharmaceutical company
(2) from a pharmacy
(3) from a physician's office
(4) from hospital ward
(5) from a patient, often a relative
(6) from the mails or transport
Illicit prescription by a health care provider may be:
(1) for own personal use
(2) for sale
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Specialty: Pharmacology, clinical
