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Oklahoma
Fake medicine has staked a claim in the Sooner State Download our July 2021 PDF Download our information sheet about counterfeit drug incidents in Oklahoma and consult the updates below. State incident summaries July – December 2022 Counterfeit News in OklahomaWestern District of Pennsylvania | Former Greensburg police chief pleads guilty to methamphetamine and cocaine…
[...]Oklahoma State Authorities Warn of Deadly Fentanyl Pills Masquerading as Oxycodone
Narcotics investigators in Oklahoma have announced a public warning about deadly counterfeit oxycodone made with fentanyl that has killed at least one Oklahoma resident.
[...]Pharmacists Association Director Warns That Prescription Importation Undermines the Fight Against Opioids
Oklahoma Pharmacists Association Director Debra Billingsley published an editorial on October 21, 2017 opposing drug importation proposals:
Now is not the time to allow foreign unlicensed pharmacies to start dispensing drugs into Oklahoma. It would just make it easier for drug traffickers or crooked providers to hurt our citizens.
[...]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.
[...]Oklahoma Clinic Owners Sentenced in Misbranded Drugs Case
The Oklahoma Male Clinic offered treatment specifically tailored for men, but with little regard for patients’ health or medical history. The two owners of the clinic chain have now been sentenced to probation for selling misbranded drugs, and their business shuttered by Federal agents. On March 19, 2013 two men, Michael Schueter and Thomas…
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