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Letter to the Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles regarding the danger of fentanyl-laced counterfeit medicine

March 14, 2018
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[pdf copy]   The Honorable Deputy Mayor Jeff Gorell 200 N. Spring St, Room 303 Los Angeles, CA 90012 March 5, 2018   Dear Deputy Mayor Gorell, On behalf of the Partnership for Safe Medicines, a coalition of over 65 organizations dedicated to protecting Americans from counterfeit medication, I want to express our concern over the increased danger of counterfeits…

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Ohio Man Charged After Police Turn Up Industrial Pill Press And 11 Lbs Of Fentanyl In His Home

March 14, 2018
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Ohio resident Alexander Henize faces 16 counts after a search of the home he shared with his girlfriend and their 2-year-old daughter turned up an industrial pill press and 11 pounds of fentanyl…

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FDA Commissioner Wants Additional Inspectors To Intercept Opioid Shipments

March 13, 2018
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FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb recently toured the International Mail Facility at JFK Airport with members of Congress so they could see firsthand what the FDA is attempting to sort through to keep dangerous opioids out of the country and why they need a staffing increase…

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Mexican Authorities Arrest Man Attempting to Bring Enough Fentanyl into California to Kill 15 Million People

March 12, 2018
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The Mexican Federal Police recently stopped a vehicle enroute to California carrying over 100 pounds of fentanyl.

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

March 9, 2018
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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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Prison Sentence for Arizona Man Arrested Carrying 2,000 Fake Pills Made with Fentanyl

March 8, 2018
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A Phoenix area man has been sentenced to 3 years in prison for transporting thousands of fentanyl-laced pills into Arizona.

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The Growing Nexus Between Narcos and Counterfeit Medicines

March 7, 2018
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Netflix DEA NARCOS agents Javier Pena (DEA Special Agent (Ret.) and Steve Murphy (DEA Special Agent (Ret.) describe the growing nexus between illicit drug traffickers and counterfeit medicines.

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Case Updates From Two Major Fentanyl Drug Rings Out Of Texas and Utah

March 7, 2018
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Short updates on two major fentanyl counterfeit pill ring cases. One case in Texas looks to have one of the fourteen defendants taking a plea while the second case in Utah sees a jury trial date set for Aaron Shamo, the alleged drug ring leader that shipped counterfeit pills containing fentanyl all across the U.S…

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Safe Savings Tip – Ask What The Cash Price For Your Prescription Would Be

March 5, 2018
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Most people in the U.S. live in states where their pharmacists are barred from letting them know that they could save money by paying cash instead of their insurance’s co-payment. Federal and state legislators are looking to change that…

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DOJ Announces News Cases In PA And OH Against Couples Selling Counterfeit Drugs and Fentanyl

March 2, 2018
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U.S. Department of Justice announced two new cases. One is against a PA couple for manufacturing and selling counterfeit prescription pills made with heroin. The second case is against an OH couple charged with running a drug ring that imported and sold fentanyl and carfentanil in the Akron area…

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