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Rhode Islanders must look out for fake medicine

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Download our April 2021 PDF

Download our information sheet about counterfeit drug incidents in Rhode Island and consult the updates below.

State incident summaries

  • February 2022 - February 2023

RSS Counterfeit News in Rhode Island

  • Nine charged following investigation into manufacturing and interstate trafficking of counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl
    March 29, 2023
  • Woman charged with selling drugs near Pawtucket schools, playgrounds
    March 29, 2023
  • Man with 665,000 fake Adderall pills gets 10 year sentence
    February 24, 2023
  • Cumberland man sentenced to ten years in federal prison in largest counterfeit pill seizure
    February 23, 2023
  • Woonsocket search warrants yield 12 kilograms of suspected fentanyl
    February 3, 2023

Read more news about counterfeit medicine in Rhode Island.

Additional PSM Coverage

Rhode Island Man Was The Organizer For An International Fentanyl Pill Ring

July 26, 2018

28 Doctors in 10 Rhode Island Practices Investigated for Purchasing Misbranded IUDs

June 29, 2010

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