Inside the world of counterfeit drugs
Chances are you didn't think twice about the last prescription you picked up from the pharmacy, trusting that the medicine in the bottle matches the information on the label. After all, America's drug supply is the safest in the world. But a dose of reality: as more and more drugs are being sold on the Internet, a new problem has emerged: counterfeit medications.
They look so real even pharmacists are being fooled.
The Blount family of St. Louis, Missouri has already discovered that counterfeit medicine is a very real and growing threat.
By Chris Hansen
4 June 2006