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Rhode Island
Rhode Islanders must look out for fake medicine Download our April 2021 PDF Download our information sheet about counterfeit drug incidents in Rhode Island and consult the updates below. State incident summaries February 2022 – February 2023 Counterfeit News in Rhode IslandJohnston man sentenced to ten years in prison for trafficking thousands of fentanyl pillsMay…
[...]Rhode Island Man Was The Organizer For An International Fentanyl Pill Ring
Newly released court documents show the role that Steven Barros Pinto played in an international drug ring that made and sold fake fentanyl pills across the United States, including in North Dakota, Oregon, North Carolina, Florida, Colorado, Maryland, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Georgia. The DOJ believes that the counterfeit pills made by this ring with fentanyl and other illegal ingredients caused multiple deaths or serious injuries in North Carolina, New Jersey, and Oregon…
[...]28 Doctors in 10 Rhode Island Practices Investigated for Purchasing Misbranded IUDs
The Rhode Island Department of Health announced an investigation of 28 providers in 10 Rhode Island OB-GYN medical offices who had illegally imported non-FDA approved IUDs and inserted them into patients. Among the practices named were OB-GYN Associates, Inc, Bayside OB-GYN, Inc., and Center for Obstetrics & Gynecology, Inc. The Rhode Island Department of Health…
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