DES MOINES, Iowa ( IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH ) - A veterinary technician who allegedly stole drugs from the clinic where she worked and a rural veterinarian accused of unlawfully distributing controlled substances have been sanctioned by the state.

According to the Iowa Board of Veterinary Medicine, veterinary technician Katherine Schwartz repeatedly stole prescription drugs from the clinic where she worked. The drugs, which Schwartz allegedly took for her personal use, included codeine, Zorbium and hydrocodone.

The board alleges that several signs of possible substance abuse by Schwartz were discovered during its investigation of the matter, and it alleged she had deleted security-camera footage from the clinic and stolen a key to a drug safe at the clinic.

According to the board, Schwar

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