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Why won’t Canadian drug importation work?
Why won’t Canadian drug importation work? Download our factsheet: Why won’t Canadian importation work?
[...]Pandemic counterfeits demonstrate the danger of Canadian drug importation
Pandemic counterfeits demonstrate the danger of Canadian drug importation Download our factsheet Pandemic counterfeits demonstrate the danger of Canadian drug importation.
[...]What Canadians are saying about importation
What Canadians are saying about importation Download our factsheet citing Canadian opinions about importation..
[...]Canada doesn’t have track and trace
Canada doesn’t have track and trace Download our factsheet about how Canadian importation breaks the U.S. track and trace system.
[...]“Counterfeits by the numbers / 5 ways to save” bookmark
Do Americans need to worry about counterfeit medicine? Yes. Our Counterfeits by the Numbers bookmark offers salient facts on one side and tips on buying medicines safely on the other side.
[...]Since 2015, fentanyl has changed the drug landscape
Counterfeit pills made with fentanyl have proliferated across the U.S. since 2015, killing people in all 50 states. The pills have become heavily trafficked, easier to find and more deadly.
This infographic shows how the fentanyl pill trade has changed.
[...]Talking About Counterfeit Medicine
What family advocates wish they could have said to loved ones they lost to fake prescription pills.
[...]Illegal Pill Presses Pose Serious, Nationwide Threat to American Patients and Communities
The Partnership for Safe Medicines and the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators have released an update to 2019’s Illegal Pill Presses: An Overlooked Threat to American Patients.
Since the initial report, fentanyl deaths are higher than ever and these pills – created by clandestine pill presses around the globe – continue to be sold on the streets and on the dark web.
[...]Are safety-tested imported drugs still cheaper? No. They are more expensive.
Testing medicine for legitimacy is a complicated process. Across 24 different prescription medicines, the average cost to test a single dose is $2,750. However, ensuring that a batch of 100 pills is 90% certain to be safe requires testing at least 22 pills. Achieving 99.999% certainty requires even more testing, at tremendous expense. Once you’ve done the required testing, U.S. generics are cheaper. To learn more about this topic, read PSM’s summary: safedr.ug/Acri-Explained.
[...]Deadly Counterfeit Pills Found in All 50 U.S. States; Deaths Now Reported in 42 of Them.
With the recent report that police in Maui, Hawaii seized 400 counterfeit oxycodone pills made with fentanyl on October 2, 2020, the United States has reached a sobering milestone: public sources have reported about fake pills made with fentanyl in all 50 states.
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