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 49 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.
Counterfeit pill news
- Alliance Man Faces Charges Tied to Drug OverdoseMarch 23, 2020
- Pair from Arizona Indicted After Seizure of One Kilogram of Fentanyl and 2,100 pills Containing FentanylJune 30, 2019
- Eight People Indicted for Their Roles in a Conspiracy to Distribute Large Amounts of Heroin, Cocaine and Fentanyl Pills in Northwest OhioOctober 4, 2019
- Ten People Indicted for Their Roles in a Conspiracy to Traffic Fentanyl Stamped into Pills, Heroin, Cocaine and Other Drugs from Mexico to ClevelandSeptember 13, 2019
- Jury Convicts Cleveland Man of Attempting to Possess and Distribute Blue Fentanyl Pills Marked as OxycodoneNovember 6, 2019
- Youngstown Man Sentenced for Trying to Sell Fentanyl Pills Disguised as PainkillersFebruary 6, 2020
- Fentanyl-laced Pills Seized During Stolen Car Recovery Was Enough to Kill over 168,000 People, Ohio Police SaySeptember 25, 2019
- 5 Charged in $2.8 Million Dark Web Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering ConspiracyJanuary 15, 2020
- Woman Sentenced to Three Years for Trafficking MethSeptember 21, 2018
- Elyria Drug Ring Sold Fentanyl Made to Look Like Percocet Pills, Feds SayJune 27, 2018
- Authorities: 3 Arrests Helped Save 1,500 Lives After Fentanyl Pills Were Stamped to Look Like OxycodoneMay 3, 2018
- Seven Arrested for Alleged Involvement in Large Scale Drug RingFebruary 14th 2018
- Construction Tops List of Professions With Most Drug ODsDecember 1, 2017
- The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office Detects Carfentanil in Fake OxyContin PillsJuly 26, 2017
- Fake Oxycodone Pills In Central Ohio Filled With Deadly FentanylJanuary 31, 2017
- Prosecutor Warns of Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl on the StreetJanuary 31, 2017
- Euclid Man Accused of Having Over 900 Fentanyl Pills Pleads Guilty to Federal ChargesAugust 16, 2016
- Reckless Homicide Case Related to FentanylApril 14, 2016
- Fentanyl Flooding Ohio, Causing Overdoses to SkyrocketApril 8, 2016
- Euclid Man Indicted for Distribution of Fentanyl and Crack Cocaine; Also Faces Firearm ChargeMarch 1, 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)