Georgian Mother Warns About The Threat Of Counterfeit PIlls Made with Fentanyl

In this editorial, which appeared in the Austin American-Statesman on April 27, 2018, Georgia resident Lisa Hicks warns readers about the counterfeit prescription pills that killed her son in 2015:

“One needn’t be an addict to die from an overdose..Joe had a solid job and was studying for a degree in exercise science…One day, he pulled a muscle at the gym. He was in serious pain, so he bought what he thought were prescription painkillers from a friend. Those pills turned out to be counterfeit. And they contained a deadly amount of fentanyl. The next day, my son was gone.”

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Op-ed: To cut drug prices, start with the facts

Other countries, even advanced countries like Canada, don’t provide the same level of protection. From April 2016 to March 2017, Canadian agents discovered more than 5,500 packages of counterfeit drugs in their midst. Loosening importation restrictions would expose American patients to potentially deadly counterfeit pills.

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Academic warns that importation may expose Utah residents to dangerous counterfeit drugs

In this editorial, which was published in the Deseret News on February 11, 2018, economics professor Dr. Kristina Acri warns that drug importation will expose Utahns to dangerous counterfeit drugs.

“After more than two decades of studying the economic and health impacts of drug importation,” she writes. “the verdict on bringing drugs in from Canada is clear and consistent: It’s a risky gamble and one too dangerous to take. Experts know that preventing the introduction of dangerous counterfeit medicines cannot be guaranteed.”

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Addiction Expert Warns That Crackdown On Opioid Prescriptions Fueling Counterfeit Pill Epidemic

Nationally recognized addiction expert, Dr. Indra Cidambi, who is the Medical Director of Center for Network Therapy, was interviewed about the threat of counterfeit prescription opioids on February 8, 2018. She said that pressed pills are causing a new wave of overdose deaths among people who believe the “label” on counterfeit drugs, and trust that they know the potency of the pills.

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