Fentanyl
Football Player In Texas Killed By Counterfeit Pills Made With Carfentanil
A former Rice University football player has been charged with causing the death of a 21-year-old student after selling the young man counterfeit hydrocodone pills made with carfentanil. Carfentanil is one of fentanyl’s many analogues. A lethal dose is so small it cannot be seen with the human eye…
[...]Major Bust Brings Down Drug Ring Selling Sinaloa Cartel Drugs – Including Fentanyl and Fentanyl Pills
A year-long investigation in Ventura County started off small with a total of 600 counterfeit Roxicodone pills seized. Today, law enforcement has seized a total of $10.8 million worth of Sinaloa cartel drugs including methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, powdered fentanyl, and, of course, those fake pills all from one drug trafficking operation…
[...]Maryland Man Admits To Purchasing Thousands Of Fake Fentanyl Pills
The U.S. Department of Justice announced a guilty plea from Robert Simpson. The Gambrills, Maryland man admitted to having purchased 10,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills made with fentanyl online and selling them. By the time that law enforcement searched his home, he had already sold almost 4,000 of the pills…
[...]Congress Passes Opioid Epidemic Legislative Package
The Partnership for Safe Medicines applauds the passage of the SUPPORT Act, an $8 billion package which will help develop non-addictive painkillers, improve prescription drug monitoring programs, establish comprehensive opioid recovery centers, and strengthen Customs and Border Protection’s ability to intercept fentanyl that is illegally shipped into the United States.
[...]Ten-Month-Old Leo Holz Died After Accidentally Ingesting a Counterfeit Fentanyl Pill
On September 18, 2017, ten-month-old Leo Holz put something he picked up off of his parents’ bed into his mouth. That something turned out to be a fake oxycodone pill made with fentanyl. He is perhaps the youngest known victim of the counterfeit fentanyl pill crisis…
[...]Arizona Woman Sentenced To 12 Years For Selling Fake Pills That Killed One Man
A federal judge sentenced Fany Madrigal-Lopez to 12 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit oxycodone pills made with fentanyl. Even after she learned of one customer’s death in November 2016, she continued to sell those pills until law enforcement finally caught up with her in August 2017…
[...]Stopping The Poison Pills: Senate Caucus Hearing Held To Discuss Fentanyl
The Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control held a hearing on October 2, 2018 to discuss the flow of illicitly produced fentanyl out of China and into the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Discussions with panelists involved what is currently being done by major departments within our government to keep fentanyl out and what more could we be doing to help end this epidemic…
[...]Man Pleads Guilty In Arkansas After Making Counterfeit Oxycodone Pills At His Home
Lewis Chafin of Fayetteville, Arkansas pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of possession of a tableting or encapsulating machine with the intent to manufacture fentanyl. After receiving a tip, a search of Chafin’s home by law enforcement turned up 43 counterfeit oxycodone pills, various pharmaceutical powders – including fentanyl, oxycodone, morphine, zolpidem, and alprazolam – and a pill press…
[...]Teenager Stopped At Border Crossing With Suspected Fake Fentanyl Pills
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and their canines had a busy day in Arizona on September 18th. Officers at the Port of Nogales stopped two smuggling attempts, including one man with over a pound of fentanyl taped to his legs. At the Port of San Luis, a 16-year-old was stopped with over a quarter pound of suspected fake fentanyl pills taped to his legs…
[...]55 Pounds Of Fentanyl Found Concealed In Hidden Compartment Of Mini Cooper After Border Crossing
At a checkpoint just a few miles from the southern border, Border Patrol agents flagged a 2008 Mini Cooper for an additional inspection. In a secret compartment underneath the driver’s seat, agents found nearly 52 pounds of fentanyl powder and three pounds of fake fentanyl pills…
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