Joe’s Pharmacy closes after opioid miscount

Peralta staple, Joe’s Pharmacy, ceased filling prescriptions in June 2021 after the New Mexico Board of Pharmacy accepted the surrender of its pharmacy licenses in a settlement agreement.

After a 2018 federal Drug Enforcement Agency investigation, the board found pharmacy owner Leon Otero and pharmacist-in-charge Shirley Jojola accountable for “substantial deficiencies” in the pharmacy’s operations, including more than 20,000 unaccounted for doses of various opioids.

As part of the settlement, Jojola agreed to transfer her pharmacist-in-charge duties to another properly licensed and qualified pharmacist when the board accepted the agreement on May 25.

Jojola is never allowed to work as pharmacist-in-charge again or consulting pharmacist in the state, and will serve a five-year probationary period on her pharmacist’s license.

While the pharmacy portion of the business remains shutters, the front portion of the store stayed in-operation.

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