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The Deadly Counterfeit Drug Trade Thrives in Lousiana Download our December 2019 PDF Download our information sheet about counterfeit drug incidents in Louisiana and consult the updates below. State incident summaries July 2022 – January 2023 Counterfeit News in LouisianaHundreds of fentanyl pills hidden in WD-40 can seized in St. Tammany bust, sheriff saysApril 23,…
[...]Louisiana Veterinarian Sent to Prison for Providing Misbranded Veterinary Drugs to Racehorses
Kyle James Hebert, a horse veterinarian from Lake Charles, Louisiana has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for illegally treating racehorses with a banned and misbranded performance enhancing drug.
[...]Tramadol: An Illicit Opioid That Funds Terrorism
Tramadol is given as a pain medication in India, but it has a high potential for abuse, and in some countries, tramadol deaths outnumber deaths from heroin. It is also completely unregulated in India, and is not on the World Health Organization (WHO) list of scheduled drugs or controlled substance list, which would force countries to regulate it.
[...]Deadly counterfeit pills in Louisiana
Deadly counterfeit pills in Louisiana This problem affects the whole country. Read more about the fake pill crisis.Since as early as 2015, drug traffickers have been selling North Americans counterfeit medications made from fentanyl, a dangerous painkiller 25-40 times stronger than heroin, and even stronger synthetic opioids like carfentanil. More recently, pill counterfeiters are using…
[...]State Boards of Pharmacy weigh in against importing drugs from Canada
Pharmacy boards, which ensure the safety of prescription medicines at the state level, have been sending letters to Congress to expressing significant safety concerns about legislation that would legalize drug importation.
[...]Two Louisiana Men Sentenced for Filling Orders for a Fake Online Pharmacy Scam
The two men acted as U.S. distributors for a series of Thailand-based fake online pharmacy websites that sold imported and non-FDA approved medication to U.S. consumers. Troy Tapia and Anthony Rouse III of Louisiana have each been sentenced to three years probation after pleading guilty to fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering,…
[...]Two Louisiana Residents Sentenced in Fake Online Pharmacy Case
Troy Tapia and Anthony Rouse III of Louisiana have each been sentenced to three years in prison for acting as drop-shippers for a Thailand-based fake online pharmacy operation. Each man pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering. Rouse and Tapia fulfilled U.S. orders from Thai…
[...]Louisiana Woman Convicted of Selling Chinese-made “Natural” Supplements Containing Sibutramine
Darlene Krueger and her co-conspirators sold Chinese-made, “all-natural” weight loss supplements via website and mail order sales. Operating out of Louisiana and Florida, Krueger repackaged and sold bulk illicit medications containing the banned weight-loss drug sibutramine, which she then passed off as herbal supplements to her unsuspecting customers. On March 23, 2016, The Food and…
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