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This international news update includes two counterfeit drugs stories out of Canada and one from Switzerland that PSM wants to make sure you hear about…
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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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You can save safely by purchasing your prescription drugs online, but you have to be smart about it. We made a list of the most important things to look out for to ensure your purchase does not end up costing you more than you saved…
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Major police investigation brings down a drug ring taking deadly fentanyl to the streets of Massachusetts. Police seized enough fentanyl to cause at least 4.5 million fatal overdoses…
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A second record-breaking fentanyl bust in New Hanover County, North Carolina in less than a week brought the total fentanyl seized to almost 2,600 grams. That would be enough to kill every man, woman, and child in the county multiple times…
Read MoreThe National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) has just released their Internet Drug Outlet Identification Program Progress Report for February 2018. NABP has conducted an annual survey of Internet drug outlets for the last nine years, and this year it is finding that fake online pharmacies are rushing to get on the fentanyl bandwagon.
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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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Counterfeit medicines are a global threat. A new report documents the instances and consequences of counterfeit medicines showing up in Canada to date and the continuing threat they pose to her citizens…
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New Jersey sentenced the two men behind the largest fentanyl bust in the state’s history to jail time. Police found a total of 45 kilograms of fentanyl which could have killed 18 million people…
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