Counterfeit fentanyl pills in Ohio
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Since 2012, 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. The problem has spread to at least 47 states, and many Americans have suffered overdoses and death because the drugs they were taking were counterfeit.
Read our 2018 information sheet about counterfeit drugs in Ohio.
Coverage About Pills in Ohio:
Woman Sentenced to Three Years For Trafficking Methamphetamine (September 21, 2018)
Elyria Drug Ring Sold Fentanyl Made To Look Like Percocet Pills, Feds Say (June 27, 2018)
Authorities: 3 Arrests Helped Save 1,500 Lives After Fentanyl Pills Were Stamped to Look Like Oxycodone (May 3, 2018)
Seven Arrested for Alleged Involvement in Large Scale Drug Ring (February 14, 2018)
Construction Workers, Laborers Among Most Likely To Die From Drug ODs (December 1, 2017)
The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office detects Carfentanil in fake OxyContin pills (July 26, 2017)
Fake Oxycodone Pills In Central Ohio Filled With Deadly Fentanyl (January 31, 2017)
Prosecutor Warns of Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl on the Street (January 31, 2017)
Euclid Man Accused of Having Over 900 Fentanyl Pills Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges (August 16, 2016)
Reckless Homicide Case Related To Fentanyl (April 14, 2016)
Fentanyl Flooding Ohio, Causing Overdoses to Skyrocket (April 8, 2016)
Euclid Man Indicted for Distribution of Fentanyl and Crack Cocaine; also Faces Firearm Charge (March 1, 2016)
Mislabeled Painkillers "A Fatal Overdose Waiting to Happen" (February 29, 2016)
Deadly "Super-Pill" Found in the Miami Valley (March 30, 2016)
Other Coverage in Ohio:
Police: 3 Ohio Nurses Treated for Fentanyl Exposure (August 12, 2017)
Overdosed and Overrun: A State of Crisis in Ohio (July 26, 2017)
Chinese Wholesale Supplier Shipped Fentanyl that Caused Fatal Overdoses in Northeast Ohio, Feds Say (July 24, 2017)
Couple Accused of Using Online Store to Sell, Mail Fentanyl (June 13, 2017)
‘Mass-Casualty Event’: Ohio County Now Tops U.S. in Overdose Deaths (June 19, 2017)
7 Overdose Deaths in 1 Day Reported in Cleveland-Area (September 25, 2016)
Fentanyl Overdose Deaths In Ohio at an All-Time High as Midwest States on Alert Over Opioid ODs (August 25, 2016)
Ohio Cops Eye Possible Fentanyl After 17 Overdoses in 1 Day (July 6, 2016)