New report from DEA says cartels are driving fake pills, and fake pills are driving drug deaths
The annual DEA National Threat Assessment, which covers 2019 and the first half of 2020, is the best source of unclassified data on drug smuggling, illicit substance trafficking, and counterfeit medications as it affects Americans. Watch our News of the Week video at right, or read the high points on our Twitter thread. Below you'll find photos from the report, as well as photos from other sources that show smuggling or counterfeiting techniques discussed in the report.
Watch our summary of the DEA's news on counterfeit pills.
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Relevant photos from the DEA Threat Assessment and Related Sources
Liquid meth in water bottles (CBP) LATimes Jan 2021
1,500lbs of liquid meth was seized at the border disguised to look like an innocent cleaning liquid. (CBP, Feb. 2020)
Liquid meth disguised a Lipton tea seized all the way back in 2017 in Brandon, TX (Brandon police dept)
Way back in 2015 CBP caught an individual with liquid meth in these big office water jugs. (CBP)
Fake Adderall with methamphetamine as the active ingredient (DEA, 2021)
There are new counterfeit Xanax pills with a related chemical ingredient. (DEA, 2021)