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October 25, 2021: Some Cleveland Clinic employees got COVID after a company supplied them with 400K N95 masks.

October 25, 2021

A Pennsylvania company is being investigated for selling fake N95 masks to as many as 20 medical facilities across the country—including the Cleveland Clinic. Catch up on this story and more of last week’s safe medicines news.

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The Evolving Role of Chinese Manufacturers and Criminal Gangs in the U.S. Fake Fentanyl Pill Epidemic

October 20, 2021

The United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s newest report found Chinese companies adapting to a changing legal framework to maintain their prominent status as suppliers, and even venturing into money-laundering services for Mexican drug trafficking organizations

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October 18, 2021: 33 years for fentanyl trafficker indicted in Operation Denial

October 18, 2021

40-year-old Steven Barros Pintos was prosecuted as part of a long running investigation into a fentanyl and fentanyl pill trafficking ring that spanned Canada, China and the U.S.

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Fake Adderall pills spread across the U.S.

October 18, 2021

Counterfeit Adderall made with methamphetamine is not a new problem, but it is exploding in the shadow of the fentanyl pill epidemic. As of September 2021, these counterfeits had been found in 19 states.

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October 12, 2021: Snapchat proposes changes to help stop dealers

October 12, 2021

After listening to grieving parents who have lost children to counterfeit pills sold on their platform, Snapchat announced new efforts to crackdown down on illegal drug sales. Click to catch up on this, and the rest of last week’s counterfeit medicine news.

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Video: Feds Jail New York Money Launderers

October 12, 2021

When you buy prescription medicine online from an unlicensed pharmacy, your credit card charges can’t be legally processed by legitimate banks. Drug sellers turn to criminals to launder their payments. That’s how these New Yorkers just got a combined 104 months in prison for bank and wire fraud.

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A Drug Dealer and a Pharmacist Hatch Plan to Firebomb a Rival Pharmacy.  No, Really.

October 5, 2021

A pharmacy owner and a darkweb dealer plotted to firebomb another pharmacy so they could buy more opioids, and then blame it on a jealous husband.

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October 4, 2021: 1.8 m fake pills seized in just 2 months; deaths continue

October 4, 2021

As the DEA seized 1.8 million fake pills over just two months, families all over the country are sharing the stories of victims.

Read about this and catch up on thirty more counterfeit medicine stories here.

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Video: DEA issues a rare public warning about counterfeit pills

October 4, 2021

The DEA issues a rare public warning about counterfeit pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine being seized in all 50 states. Watch PSM’s video to learn more.

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September 27, 2021: The DEA Seized 9.6 Million Counterfeit Pills This Budget Year

September 27, 2021

This week the DEA warned that prescription medications bought on the black market contain fentanyl or methamphetamine, and reported that it had seized 9.6 million counterfeit pills in the 2020-2021 fiscal year–more than it seized in the previous two years combined.

Catch up on this and the rest of last week’s counterfeit medicine news.

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