Greg Collins, D.V.M. / Louisville Family Animal Hospital
Outcome
Veterinarian-founder Dr. Greg Collins paid $226,000 civil settlement, surrendered DEA registration, and permanently relinquished his Colorado veterinary license after DEA investigation found he failed to properly inventory and control thousands of units of opioids including fentanyl, hydromorphone, and morphine while self-diverting these substances.
Details
Greg Collins, D.V.M. / Louisville Family Animal Hospital — Opioid Self-Diversion and Inventory Failure (2019)
Outcome: Dr. Greg Collins, D.V.M., founder and owner of Louisville Family Animal Hospital in Louisville, Colorado, paid $226,000 in civil settlement, surrendered his DEA registration, and permanently relinquished his Colorado veterinary medicine license after a DEA investigation revealed that he failed to properly inventory, track, and maintain control over thousands of units of opioids — including fentanyl, hydromorphone, and morphine — and was self-diverting these controlled substances for personal use.
Dr. Greg Collins was a licensed veterinarian and the founder of Louisville Family Animal Hospital in Louisville, Colorado. Over multiple years of practicing as a veterinarian while running an active animal hospital, Collins failed to properly inventory, track, and maintain control over controlled substances required to be maintained under the Controlled Substances Act.
The DEA Diversion Control Division's investigation revealed that Collins's failures were not merely administrative oversights — he was self-abusing the opioids he was failing to account for. The unaccounted-for thousands of units of fentanyl, hydromorphone, and morphine represented both Collins's personal diversion and a risk of diversion by others who might have accessed the inadequately controlled inventory.
As part of the civil settlement, Collins did not admit to liability, but agreed to pay $226,000 to the United States, permanently surrender his DEA registration, and permanently relinquish his Colorado veterinary medicine license — ending his ability to practice veterinary medicine or handle controlled substances in Colorado. The case was investigated by the DEA Diversion Control Division in conjunction with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado.
Primary Source: DOJ USAO-CO — Veterinarian Pays $226,000 and Surrenders License to Resolve Allegations He Failed to Properly Track and Control Opioids
How Crucible Prevents This
Collins failed to properly inventory, track, and maintain control over thousands of units of fentanyl, hydromorphone, and morphine over multiple years while self-diverting the drugs — an opioid accounting failure that created both personal harm and diversion risk to others. Crucible's controlled substance reconciliation module, requiring vial-level inventory accounting and automated discrepancy alerts, would have surfaced the unaccounted-for opioid inventory far earlier than DEA's investigation.
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