Posts Tagged ‘Counterfeits in Canada’
Canadian drug importation – What’s the state of the issue in June 2021?
What’s happening with Canadian drug importation? What’s Florida doing with a big empty warehouse? Isn’t this policy currently in the courts? You’ve got questions and we’ve got answers.
[...]Nonprofit Executive Warns That Fentanyl Also Comes Into The U.S. From Canada
A nonprofit executive wrote in this April 20, 2018 editorial that America needs to concentrate on keeping counterfeit drugs, including those made with fentanyl, from crossing our northern border just as much as the southern…
[...]Report Warns That Counterfeit Medicines Are A Threat To Canadian Lives
Counterfeit medicines are a global threat. A new report documents the instances and consequences of counterfeit medicines showing up in Canada to date and the continuing threat they pose to her citizens…
[...]China Smuggling Case Illustrates the Role Canada Plays Bringing Fentanyl into United States
The recent indictment of six Canadians demonstrates the role Canada played as part of a larger international fentanyl smuggling ring that shipped fentanyl compounds to the United States.
[...]Hazmat Cleaning Company Describes Conditions Inside A House Used As A Fentanyl Pill Mill
An Edmonton home that was used as a pill mill for the largest fake fentanyl pill seizure in Canadian history was deemed uninhabitable until after a hazardous remediation company came in to clean the place up. This is what it was like inside…
[...]Royal Mounted Police Announce Seizure of 40,000 Fake Fentanyl Pills
Authorities in British Columbia announced drug charges against two Vancouver-area residents in a case involving 40,000 fake fentanyl pills. RCMP believes countless lives were saved by keeping these counterfeit pills off the streets…
[...]In Fight Against Fentanyl, Ottawa Police Supplying Officers With Naloxone
As fentanyl makes its way eastward across Canada, the police in the city of Ottawa are leaving nothing to chance and are distributing naloxone kits to all officers to prevent overdoses…
[...]Fake Pills Manufacturing Equipment Found in Canadian Drug Dealer Bust
Police in Ottawa made a disturbing discovery when conducting a drug bust, CBC Canada is reporting. In addition to finding a typical array of cash, drugs and guns, Ottawa police found a quantity of an “unknown powder” that has yet to be analyzed, and a counterfeit pill press capable of producing 20,000 counterfeit pills an…
[...]Death of Ottawa Teens Blamed on Counterfeit Percocet Made with Fentanyl
Investigators confirm that pills found near Chloe Kotval’s body were fake Percocet containing a lethal dose of fentanyl. She is the youngest Canadian to be killed by fentanyl-laced fake medication, but hardly the first. Chloe Kotval, a 14 year old Ottawa high school student died on February 14, 2017 after taking a counterfeit pill laced…
[...]Canada Experiences Rash of Deaths Due to Counterfeit Medication
Fake Oxycontin pills actually made with fentanyl responsible for more than 50 deaths in Alberta since the beginning of the year. OpSecSecurity is reporting that Canada is experiencing a dramatic increase in deaths due to the sale and ingestion of counterfeit versions of the painkiller oxycontin. According to OpSecSecurity, there have been three recent deaths…
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