Posts by psm2016
Ohio Man Sentenced As Part of Operation “Big Oak” After Exposing Police Officer to Near-Fatal Dose of Fentanyl
An East Liverpool man, Justin Buckel, has been sentenced to six-and-a-half-years in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to drug trafficking, including assault on a police officer. In May 2017, Police Officer Chris Green was exposed to fentanyl in East Liverpool , Ohio after searching Buckel’s care after a traffic stop. Bucknel’s arrest was part of a larger Ohio fentanyl bust, in which over 100 people were arrested.
[...]2 Chicago Residents Indicted for Importing Bulk Fentanyl Analogues from China
According to their indictment, Sanchez “Chez” Lackland and Jermol “Yak” Mixon face counts of fentanyl importation and distribution, as well as weapons charges. Their indictment also identifies the fentanyl analogue as methoxyacetyl fentanyl, and notes that the accused allegedly made repeated purchases of the drug from Chinese sources.
[...]FDA Warns Influenza Sufferers To Be Wary of Counterfeit and Unapproved Flu Treatments
The FDA lays out exactly what kind of claims fraudulent flu treatments make. They also point out that there are no FDA-approved over-the-counter (OTC) flu treatments available, though there are OTC treatments that can help reduce fever or muscle aches.
[...]Louisiana Veterinarian Sent to Prison for Providing Misbranded Veterinary Drugs to Racehorses
Kyle James Hebert, a horse veterinarian from Lake Charles, Louisiana has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for illegally treating racehorses with a banned and misbranded performance enhancing drug.
[...]Mexican Authorities Arrest Man Attempting to Bring Enough Fentanyl into California to Kill 15 Million People
The Mexican Federal Police recently stopped a vehicle enroute to California carrying over 100 pounds of fentanyl.
[...]Op-ed: To cut drug prices, start with the facts
Other countries, even advanced countries like Canada, don’t provide the same level of protection. From April 2016 to March 2017, Canadian agents discovered more than 5,500 packages of counterfeit drugs in their midst. Loosening importation restrictions would expose American patients to potentially deadly counterfeit pills.
[...]Prison Sentence for Arizona Man Arrested Carrying 2,000 Fake Pills Made with Fentanyl
A Phoenix area man has been sentenced to 3 years in prison for transporting thousands of fentanyl-laced pills into Arizona.
[...]The Growing Nexus Between Narcos and Counterfeit Medicines
Netflix DEA NARCOS agents Javier Pena (DEA Special Agent (Ret.) and Steve Murphy (DEA Special Agent (Ret.) describe the growing nexus between illicit drug traffickers and counterfeit medicines.
[...]Counterfeit Drug Manufacturing Trio from Florida Sentenced
The trio of residents from Chipley, Florida that had plead guilty to counterfeit drug and illicit steroid charges have been sentenced, the Department of Justice (DOJ) reports.
[...]GBI Warns Metro Atlanta has Most Counterfeit Pills Made with Fentanyl in State
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation issued a public safety alert on February 11, 2018 about the high volume of counterfeit pills made with fentanyl and other illicit opioids that have been found in Metro Atlanta. Since January 2015, there have been 450 reports of counterfeit pills. The most commonly counterfeited pills were Xanax and oxycodone that contained substances such as fentanyl, furanyl fentanyl, and U-47700.
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