Fentanyl
The Growing Nexus Between Narcos and Counterfeit Medicines
Netflix DEA NARCOS agents Javier Pena (DEA Special Agent (Ret.) and Steve Murphy (DEA Special Agent (Ret.) describe the growing nexus between illicit drug traffickers and counterfeit medicines.
[...]Case Updates From Two Major Fentanyl Drug Rings Out Of Texas and Utah
Short updates on two major fentanyl counterfeit pill ring cases. One case in Texas looks to have one of the fourteen defendants taking a plea while the second case in Utah sees a jury trial date set for Aaron Shamo, the alleged drug ring leader that shipped counterfeit pills containing fentanyl all across the U.S…
[...]DOJ Announces News Cases In PA And OH Against Couples Selling Counterfeit Drugs and Fentanyl
U.S. Department of Justice announced two new cases. One is against a PA couple for manufacturing and selling counterfeit prescription pills made with heroin. The second case is against an OH couple charged with running a drug ring that imported and sold fentanyl and carfentanil in the Akron area…
[...]Counterfeit Xanax Is A Growing Problem Across The U.S.
Articles about counterfeit Xanax are coming in from all across the United States. PSM has taken a quick look at four recent stories out of North Carolina, Massachusetts, Texas, and California…
[...]GBI Warns Metro Atlanta has Most Counterfeit Pills Made with Fentanyl in State
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation issued a public safety alert on February 11, 2018 about the high volume of counterfeit pills made with fentanyl and other illicit opioids that have been found in Metro Atlanta. Since January 2015, there have been 450 reports of counterfeit pills. The most commonly counterfeited pills were Xanax and oxycodone that contained substances such as fentanyl, furanyl fentanyl, and U-47700.
[...]Tom Petty Overdosed on Illicit Fentanyl Analogues and Antianxiety Medications
Petty is the third musician and entertainer in the last 2 years that has died as a result of counterfeit drugs containing fentanyl. Pop star Prince, and young rapper Lil Peep both had illicit fentanyl found in their systems when they died.
[...]Yvonne Clark of Calgary, Canada Does not Want You to Lose Your Child to Fentanyl as She Did
Yvonne Clark lost her 21-year-old son to fentanyl poisoning, and now she is trying to help other parents by educating about what an incredible danger fentanyl can be to their children.
[...]30 Pounds of Fentanyl Discovered by Massachusetts Law Enforcement
Major police investigation brings down a drug ring taking deadly fentanyl to the streets of Massachusetts. Police seized enough fentanyl to cause at least 4.5 million fatal overdoses…
[...]New Fentanyl Bust Record Broken In Just A Matter Of Days For NC County
A second record-breaking fentanyl bust in New Hanover County, North Carolina in less than a week brought the total fentanyl seized to almost 2,600 grams. That would be enough to kill every man, woman, and child in the county multiple times…
[...]NABP Finds Fake Online Pharmacies are Offering Fentanyl for Sale at an Alarming Rate
The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) has just released their Internet Drug Outlet Identification Program Progress Report for February 2018. NABP has conducted an annual survey of Internet drug outlets for the last nine years, and this year it is finding that fake online pharmacies are rushing to get on the fentanyl bandwagon.
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