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January 6, 2023: Fake pills involved in 25% of teen drug deaths since 2019, says CDC.
This week: A frightening increase in teen drug deaths; prosecutions of criminals selling fake medical masks and illegally imported Bulgarian drugs; fake medicine in Mexico, the EU, Canada, and seven more countries; substantial prosecutions, seizures and pill deaths in 28 states.
[...]December 5, 2022: Be wary. Drug shortages can drive counterfeit drug crime
It’s very important to verify that your pharmacy is state-licensed. A California doctor just pleaded guilty to illegally importing medicines; another is going to prison for fake COVID treatments. Fake pill news in 15 states and Mexico.
[...]Colorado’s dilemma: Should we save our citizens $141 million dollars this year or just burn millions to make a political point?
When Colorado published its list of prospective drugs to import in 2020, the states own numbers showed they could have saved more than $43 million just by switching to U.S. generics. Now, that number is $141 million.
[...]Why has Florida paid 27 million dollars for an empty warehouse?
When Governor Ron DeSantis signed HB19 into law in June 2019, he said that Florida was leading “the way toward affordable prescription drugs,” but over the past three years not a single person has received even one pill imported from Canada, and the state has spent millions.
[...]November 21, 2022: India busts counterfeiting operation with $1m in fake cancer drugs.
Police in India busted a large scale fake cancer drug operation; additional counterfeit news in England, Austria and Mexico. CBP in Ohio reported seizing non-FDA approved cosmetic injectables. Seizures, prosecutions and deaths involving counterfeit pills in 18 U.S. states.
[...]October 31, 2022: Massachusetts has a fake pill problem, and it’s not alone
The FDA warned a supplement company to stop selling fake COVID treatments. A Puerto Rican woman was fined for injecting spa clients with liquid silicone. Large counterfeit pill trafficking rings were busted in Massachusetts and Washington state and news about fake pills in 16 additional states.
[...]Stop Pills that Kill – Legislation to Combat the Fentanyl Crisis
With seizures of counterfeit prescription pills made with fentanyl and other dangerous substances up 500% since 2019, a bipartisan group of Senators and Representatives have introduced S. 4151/H.R. 8175, the Stop Pills That Kill Act, to help law enforcement stop the deadly flow of these pills into our communities.
[...]October 24, 2022: Suspending domain names of fake pharmacy websites can protect patients, says NABP
The NABP’s new report explores locking and suspending websites as a tool to stop fake medicines. Tainted children’s medicine is also in Indonesia. Mexican authorities find more counterfeit drugs. Britain sentences a wholesaler who sold stolen treatments. Deaths, prosecutions and hundreds of thousands of fake prescription pills in 19 states
[...]Litigation against Snapchat over fentanyl pill dealers: An overview
Watch this page for updates about litigation that families of victims filed in October 2022.
[...]October 17, 2022: Bereaved Families Sue Snapchat Over Pill Dealers
Families sue Snapchat for facilitating the sale of fake pills. Authorities in Michigan charge two men with importing controlled medicines. The LA County Sheriff’s Department seized thousands of illicit pharmaceuticals. Prosecutions, seizures and deaths related to counterfeit prescription pills in 16 states.
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