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Counterfeit fentanyl pills in Kansas

Click here to read PSM's Fentanyl 101.

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 all 50 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 Kansas.

RSS Counterfeit pill news

  • KCK Police Warn of Increase in Overdoses Linked to Fentanyl
    December 7, 2020
  • Couple Face Drug, Gun Charges in Kansas City Federal Court
    November 9, 2020
  • KCK Police Issue Warning After Recent Overdose Cases From Street Narcotics
    December 7, 2020
  • Kansas Mom Warns of Fentanyl Disguised as Oxycodone After Her Son's Accidental Overdose
    May 28, 2020
  • Sheriff: Suspect Sold Oxycodone Laced with Fentanyl in Kansas
    March 5, 2020
  • Topeka Man Arrested After Fentanyl-laced Oxycodone Discovered in Shawnee County
    March 4, 2020
  • Police Find More Counterfeit Oxycodone with Fentanyl in Kansas
    February 11, 2020
  • Sedgwick County Sheriff Warns of Counterfeit Oxycontin Pills
    November 20, 2019
  • Wichita Police Warn of Fake Oxycodone Pills Containing fentanyl
    August 9, 2019
  • Anthony Stokes of Deerfield Charged with Fentanyl Distribution in Kansas
    June 12, 2019
  • Counterfeit Pills Lead Police to Issue Fentanyl Warning
    June 7, 2019
  • DEA Sting Leads to Major Seizure of Fentanyl Pills, Meth in KCK
    May 7, 2019

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