Fighting phony drugs

Long a reality in foreign countries, the underworld of fake drugs is emerging as a major concern in the United States. More phony drugs are finding their way into Americans' medicine cabinets, officials say, including hundreds of counterfeit pain pills recently smuggled into Michigan in makeshift packaging of plastic baggies and Scotch tape.

By Sharon Terlep
November 13, 2005

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