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DOJ Indicts Two Found With 13,000 Counterfeit Pills Made of Imported Fentanyl from China
DOJ indicted two Washington state men – Griffin Thompson and Bradley Woolard – after they were found in possession of thousands of fake oxycodone pills made with fentanyl. Agents found 3,000 of the pills when they searched Thompson’s vehicle and 10,000 of them when they searched Woolard’s house…
[...]Arizona Substance Abuse Coalition/FDA: ‘Know Your Source’ for Prescription Medication
Doug Herbert, a retired Drug Enforcement Agent and volunteer with the Arizona Substance Abuse Coalition spoke with Arizona’s Fountain Hills Times about the “elephant in the room” that is counterfeit drugs in America.
[...]Officials Warn That Fake Oxycodone Fentanyl Pills Are Popping Up In Northeast Ohio
Officials in Lake County, Ohio warned the public about counterfeit oxycodone pills being sold on the streets of northeastern part of the state have tested positive for both fentanyl and carfentanil. They said that any pill bought off the street could be a deadly fake and to only trust pills purchased at U.S. licensed pharmacies…
[...]Brothers Living in California Charged With Selling Thousands of Fake Oxycodone Pills Made with Fentanyl
A trio of brothers in Indio, California have been charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl pills 20,000 fentanyl pills, the Department of Justice (DOJ) reports in a press release September 14.
[...]Court Issues Injunction Against Los Angeles Couple Who Sold Counterfeit Medicines
Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer received an injunction from the court against a couple who operated two stores that sold counterfeit and misbranded drugs. The injunction prohibits Iris Anabelle Gonzalez and Hugo Gonzalez Nava from engaging in the sale of pharmaceuticals. Police seized nearly 3,000 misbranded, illegal, and counterfeit pharmaceuticals products when two stores were searched in May…
[...]President Of Nonprofit Warns That Allowing Foreign Drug Importation Is A Threat To U.S. Patients
In this September 17, 2018, editorial for The Detroit News, the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest’s President and co-founder Peter Pitts warned that legalizing prescription drug importation will not generate massive savings for U.S. citizens while also potentially exposing millions of Americans to dangerous counterfeit drugs…
[...]Over 3,500 Suspected Fake Fentanyl Pills Seized In Two Busts In Arizona
Two separate law enforcement investigations in Arizona have recently taken thousands of suspected counterfeit pills made with fentanyl off the street. One bust was made in a parking lot in Buckeye with additional pills seized later following the search of a house. The second bust took place in a mall parking lot in the middle of the day…
[...]Safe Savings Tip: Azithromycin Cost 60% Less In The U.S. As It Does In Canada
Choosing generic drugs is the easiest and fastest way for Americans to lower their prescription drug costs without having to risk purchasing your medication from a shady online pharmacy. We did a price comparison to see where azithromycin, the generic version of Zithromax, is more affordable – in the U.S. or in Canada. At a brick-and-mortar pharmacy in Canada, a six-dose supply would cost $17.08, but we found the same pills at pharmacies in the U.S. for $6.88…
[...]Two Arrests Made in Fentanyl Pill Deaths in Georgia, White Supremacist Gang Implicated
The Spalding County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man and a woman in connection with the fentanyl pill deaths of two different men. Amanda Chambers faces involuntary manslaughter and fentanyl drug charges in the case, and Kevin Kennedy is facing a reckless conduct charge in the deaths of Dennis Wade and Jeffrey Scott Callahan.
[...]Atlanta Man Indicted For Selling Deadly Fake Pills
A federal grand jury handed down an indictment against the man who was a source of counterfeit 30-milligram Roxicodone pills being sold in the Atlanta, Georgia area. Edward Culton supplied pills to a deal who would find buyers by advertising them on Instagram. One man died and a woman was poisoned after they took pills sold to them by that dealer…
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