CDC Paints a Grim Picture of the U.S. Fentanyl Crisis in Ohio

September 14, 2017

According to the CDC, “Approximately 90% of unintentional overdose deaths in 24 Ohio counties that occurred during January and February 2017 involved fentanyl, fentanyl analogs, or both.”

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Georgia Bureau of Investigation Identifies Counterfeit Pain Pills Made With Fentanyl

September 14, 2017

Georgia authorities have discovered counterfeit pain pills made with fentanyl analogues for a second time this summer.

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Source: Georgia Bureau of Investigations

Betty Jean Collins: An Unwitting Victim of Fentanyl-Laced Counterfeit Pain Pills

September 13, 2017

Georgia resident Betty Jean Collins became an unwitting victim of the state’s June counterfeit Percocet incident when she borrowed one of her husband’s pain pills and ended up in the hospital with a fentanyl overdose.

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Man Who Operated Multiple Illegal Online Pharmacies Sentenced to Federal Prison

September 11, 2017

A Florida resident received a sentence of four years in federal prison for operating multiple internet pharmacies that sold drugs sourced from Romania and India without requiring a prescription…

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Costa Rican Man Stands Accused of Running Fake Online Pharmacy

September 7, 2017

Quesada was originally indicted in October 2015. He allegedly used his websites to sell medication to unsuspecting U.S. patients that were unaware they were buying misbranded and counterfeit prescription drugs manufactured in India.

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30,000 Fake Fentanyl Pills Are Just Part of the Largest Fentanyl Seizure in Mexico

September 7, 2017

Mexican authorities announced their largest fentanyl seizure to date, which included 30,000 counterfeit pills made with fentanyl. The final destination of all of the fentanyl seized was believed to be U.S. streets…

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Making Canada America’s Medicine Cabinet Is Not The Solution To High Drug Prices

September 6, 2017

Marv Shepherd, President of Board of Directors for the Partnership for Safe Medicines, reexamined the possible effects on Canada’s drug supply should the U.S. legalize drug importation…

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Countless Lives Saved in Alberta; Police Seize 130,000 Fake Fentanyl Pills

September 4, 2017

Police in Edmonton, Alberta announced the seizure of 130,000 counterfeit pills containing fentanyl from multiple residences in the area, including one home converted into a fentanyl pill processing lab…

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Fake Online Pharmacy Operators Arrested After Man Dies From Taking Drugs They Sold

September 1, 2017

On May 22, 2016, law enforcement officers were dispatched to a residence in Madison, Wisconsin, in response to a report of a 37-year-old man who had stopped breathing. The victim was dead by the time officers arrived at his residence. An autopsy later confirmed that the victim’s death was caused by acute intoxication due to the combined effects of a substance called U-47700 and Benzodiazepine Analogue (Etizolam).

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Parents of Woman Who Died After Cosmetic Enhancement Want Murder Charges

August 30, 2017

A young New York mother is dead and her family is demanding answers after she received injections to enhance her buttocks, CBS News reports. Latesha Bynum, 32, went to a “doctor” practicing out of an apartment in the Gramercy Park neighborhood in New York. Within hours of having the procedure, Ms. Bynum had to be…

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