Posts Tagged ‘New Mexico’
New Mexico public hearing on Canadian Drug Importation (Dec. 2, 2020)
On Tuesday, December 2, 2020, New Mexico conducted their one and only public hearing on their plan to import medicine from Canada (over Canada’s objections). While the hearing was largely a formality, there was some interesting testimony.
[...]An Analysis Of New Mexico’s Draft Canadian Drug Importation Plan
The state of New Mexico released a draft of its Canadian drug importation plan. PSM analyzed the plan, paying particular attention to concerns pharmacists might have about how drug importation might affect their patients and business…
[...]New Mexico Pharmacists Association Expresses Concern Over Allowing Drug Importation In Letter to Congress
The New Mexico Pharmacists Association recently sent their own letter to members of Congress expressing their concerns about allowing drug importation. PSM had the chance to speak with their executive director to learn more about the realities and misconceptions that people have about prescription drugs and drug importation…
[...]New Mexico
The Deadly Counterfeit Drug Trade Thrives in New Mexico Download our July 2021 PDF Download our information sheet about counterfeit drug incidents in New Mexico and consult the updates below. State incident summaries July – December 2022 New Mexico has also been pursuing the importation of prescription drugs from Canada since March 2020. If established,…
[...]New Mexico Authorities Warn Of Increase in Counterfeit Fentanyl Pills
Law enforcement in New Mexico is worried after seeing an increase in the number of counterfeit pills made with fentanyl that are being found. The state lost over 20 people to fake oxycodone pills in 2016 and U.S. Customs and Border Protection keeps seeing the amount of fentanyl they are seizing increase…
[...]New Mexico Oncologist Pleads Guilty to Providing Misbranded Cancer Medications to Patients
Dr. Mohamed Basel Aswad of Deming, New Mexico has admitted in court that he purchased misbranded and mislabeled cancer medication from a Canadian medication supplier. On November 4, 2014 Dr. Mohamed Basel Aswad pleaded guilty in an Albuquerque courtroom to misdemeanor charges that he introduced misbranded drugs into interstate commerce, the Department of Justice (DOJ)…
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