Archive for October 2018
Three Arrested For Making Fake Oxycodone Pills In An Apartment Building In New York City
A long-term investigation in New York City into a drug ring ended with the arrest of three men. One of the men was a superintendent who allegedly allowed the residential building’s boiler room and a vacant apartment to be used to manufacture counterfeit oxycodone pills that contained fentanyl and heroin…
[...]Football Player In Texas Killed By Counterfeit Pills Made With Carfentanil
A former Rice University football player has been charged with causing the death of a 21-year-old student after selling the young man counterfeit hydrocodone pills made with carfentanil. Carfentanil is one of fentanyl’s many analogues. A lethal dose is so small it cannot be seen with the human eye…
[...]Major Bust Brings Down Drug Ring Selling Sinaloa Cartel Drugs – Including Fentanyl and Fentanyl Pills
A year-long investigation in Ventura County started off small with a total of 600 counterfeit Roxicodone pills seized. Today, law enforcement has seized a total of $10.8 million worth of Sinaloa cartel drugs including methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, powdered fentanyl, and, of course, those fake pills all from one drug trafficking operation…
[...]Maryland Man Admits To Purchasing Thousands Of Fake Fentanyl Pills
The U.S. Department of Justice announced a guilty plea from Robert Simpson. The Gambrills, Maryland man admitted to having purchased 10,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills made with fentanyl online and selling them. By the time that law enforcement searched his home, he had already sold almost 4,000 of the pills…
[...]Kentucky
The Deadly Counterfeit Drug Trade Thrives in Kentucky Download our January 2020 PDF Download our information sheet about counterfeit drug activity in Kentucky and consult the updates below. State incident summaries August 2022 – January 2023 Counterfeit News in KentuckyWhere is the 'faux-tox' coming from? Not from legitimate sources, doctors sayApril 19, 2024Counterfeit Version of…
[...]Oregon
Fake Medicine Found on Oregon Streets and in Doctors’ Offices Download our February 2021 PDF Download our information sheet about counterfeit drug incidents in Oregon and consult the updates below. State incident summaries July 2022 – January 2023 Counterfeit News in OregonCentral Oregon drug trafficker sentenced to federal prisonApril 24, 2024OSP I-5 traffic stop of…
[...]Pennsylvania
Fake Medicine Is Killing People Around the Keystone State Download our information sheet about counterfeit drug incidents in Pennsylvania and consult the updates below. State Incident Summaries July – December 2022 Counterfeit news in PennsylvaniaWestern District of Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh resident pleads guilty to fentanyl, fluorofentanyl and cocaine charges | United States Department of JusticeApril…
[...]Congress Passes Opioid Epidemic Legislative Package
The Partnership for Safe Medicines applauds the passage of the SUPPORT Act, an $8 billion package which will help develop non-addictive painkillers, improve prescription drug monitoring programs, establish comprehensive opioid recovery centers, and strengthen Customs and Border Protection’s ability to intercept fentanyl that is illegally shipped into the United States.
[...]Pharmacist and Drug Safety Advocate Urge HHS to Consider the Dangers of Importation
In this October 16, 2018 for Drug Topics, Alliance of Safe Online Pharmacies advisor Libby Baney and pharmacist and American Pharmacists Association CEO Thomas Menighan discuss the risks to public safety posed by drug importation.
[...]New Mexico
The Deadly Counterfeit Drug Trade Thrives in New Mexico Download our July 2021 PDF Download our information sheet about counterfeit drug incidents in New Mexico and consult the updates below. State incident summaries July – December 2022 New Mexico has also been pursuing the importation of prescription drugs from Canada since March 2020. If established,…
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