Nevada State Board of Pharmacy v. Garrigus

OPINION

By the Court,

Zenoff, C. J.:

Block and Garrigus were charged by the Nevada State Board of Pharmacy with furnishing excessive quantities of narcotic drugs to a certain Larry Chapman and that by so doing they were guilty of unprofessional conduct for which their licenses as pharmacists were revoked by the board. On review the trial court reversed the board’s judgment from which the Board of Pharmacy now appeals.

An investigation by the Clark County District Attorney revealed that substantial quantities of numorphan were dispensed on prescription of a Dr. Hulse by the two respondents who…