Hawaii

Hawaii is not immune to the threat of fake medicine Download our February 2021 PDF Download our information sheet about counterfeit drug incidents in Hawaii and consult the updates below.  State incident summaries August – December 2022 Counterfeit News in HawaiiPolice seize over 107 grams of fentanyl in MarchApril 11, 2024EMS responds to drug overdoses…

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The Drug Counterfeiters Next Door: Fentanyl-laced Oxycodone Pills Distributed from Utah Suburb

A Utah man and five friends are facing federal drug trafficking, drug counterfeiting, mail and wire-fraud charges for allegedly distributing hundreds of thousands of counterfeit prescription medications laced with fentanyl, a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release reports. The DOJ alleges that Aaron Michael Shamo and his co-conspirators turned his suburban Cottonwood Heights home into…

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