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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 feed: Counterfeit News in Rhode Island Counterfeit News in Rhode Island

  • Federal, state law enforcement conduct two separate drug raids in Providence
    May 14, 2026
  • State Police announce the arrests of two men after 5,000 fentanyl pills, two kilos of cocaine, gun, press, cash, seized – Fall River Reporter
    January 30, 2026
  • District of Rhode Island | Providence resident sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for fentanyl trafficking | United States Department of Justice
    January 20, 2026
  • District of Rhode Island | Warwick man sentenced for trafficking fentanyl-laced pills | United States Department of Justice
    January 21, 2026
  • District of Massachusetts | Rhode Island man sentenced to prison for possessing over six kilograms of methamphetamine intended for distribution | United States Department of Justice
    January 13, 2026

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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