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Research into Fake Online Pharmacy Prosecutions Finds Current Policies Do Little to Stop Them
A 2017 legal review conducted by Camille Guerra and Dr. Timothy K. Mackey predates the CanadaDrugs prosecution, however it clearly illustrates the challenges faced by courts in effectively prosecuting illicit online pharmacies
[...]Center for Safe Internet Pharmacies and Partnership for Drug-Free Kids Announce New Coalition
The Center for Safe Internet Pharmacies and Partnership for Drug-Free Kids launched MedicineSafe to educate families about medicine safety.
[...]Illegal Pill Factory in Stamford Connecticut Was Producing Thousands of Carfentanil-Laced Fake Percocet Pills
A Westover, Connecticut man is under arrest, and authorities there have uncovered a counterfeit Percocet factory in a barn that was producing enough carfentanil pills to kill half the population of Stamford
[...]Fentanyl Pill Counterfeiters In Arkansas, California, and North Carolina Busted
Stories of counterfeit pills made with fentanyl keep coming in from across the country. PSM did a quick recap of three stories – one from Arkansas, one from North Carolina, and one from California – that we want to make sure you know about…
[...]Thinking Of Buying Your Prescription Drugs Online? NCFTA Says You Need To Be Careful
A nonprofit group working to protect the world from cyber threats analyzed 120,000 online pharmacy domains over a ten year period. Their data showed multiple reasons that consumers need to be careful when purchasing prescription medications online…
[...]Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyl Poisonings Doubled Nationwide Between 2015 and 2016
Drug overdose deaths increased 27.9% since 2015, and the CDC notes, “These increases primarily were driven by deaths involving synthetic opioids, for which the rate doubled from 2015 to 2016.” Synthetic opioids like illicit manufactured fentanyl are poisoning Americans in record numbers.
[...]Jury Convicts Florida Doctor For Making Counterfeit Pills With Fentanyl
A federal jury found Dr. Johnny C. Benjamin of Vero Beach guilty on five of the seven charges against him, including manufacturing counterfeit pills with fentanyl that caused the death of a young woman in Wellington, Florida…
[...]Tijuana Resident Sentenced For Smuggling And Selling Counterfeit And Illegal Drugs
After spending years smuggling illegal and counterfeit prescription pills into the U.S. and selling them to people in San Diego County, Alejandro Hernandez was sentenced to 30-months in federal prison for his crime…
[...]Ohio Pharmacists Association Concerned About Fentanyl Pills Being Sold On The Streets
The state of Ohio has been hard hit by the opioid epidemic. It is one of 43 states in which PSM has documented finding counterfeit fentanyl pills and is also one of 22 states in which someone had died from taking one of these pills. Now, the executive director of the Ohio Pharmacists Association and the Ohio Attorney General have both spoken out about the dangers these fake pills pose to everyone…
[...]Georgian Mother Warns About The Threat Of Counterfeit PIlls Made with Fentanyl
In this editorial, which appeared in the Austin American-Statesman on April 27, 2018, Georgia resident Lisa Hicks warns readers about the counterfeit prescription pills that killed her son in 2015:
“One needn’t be an addict to die from an overdose..Joe had a solid job and was studying for a degree in exercise science…One day, he pulled a muscle at the gym. He was in serious pain, so he bought what he thought were prescription painkillers from a friend. Those pills turned out to be counterfeit. And they contained a deadly amount of fentanyl. The next day, my son was gone.”
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