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A Bay Area Doctor Imported Black Market Drugs, But She Told Her Patients They Were Genuine Botox And Juvederm

December 8, 2022
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On November 22, 2022, San Francisco doctor Lindsay Clark pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for receiving non-FDA approved drugs and devices. She injected her patients with these black market drugs, and she made a million dollars doing it.

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December 5, 2022: Be wary. Drug shortages can drive counterfeit drug crime

December 5, 2022
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It’s very important to verify that your pharmacy is state-licensed. A California doctor just pleaded guilty to illegally importing medicines; another is going to prison for fake COVID treatments. Fake pill news in 15 states and Mexico.

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Colorado’s dilemma: Should we save our citizens $141 million dollars this year or just burn millions to make a political point?

December 2, 2022
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When Colorado published its list of prospective drugs to import in 2020, the states own numbers showed they could have saved more than $43 million just by switching to U.S. generics. Now, that number is $141 million.

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Patients, protect yourselves. You are the last line of defense.

November 30, 2022
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December 1st is World AIDS Day. If you are HIV positive, be aware that fake HIV treatments that have been found in the U.S. Look here for more information, and to download the infographic on medicine safety we created with help from The ADAP Advocacy Association.

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Why has Florida paid 27 million dollars for an empty warehouse?

November 29, 2022
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When Governor Ron DeSantis signed HB19 into law in June 2019, he said that Florida was leading “the way toward affordable prescription drugs,” but over the past three years not a single person has received even one pill imported from Canada, and the state has spent millions.

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November 28, 2022: DEA Labs show 6 out of 10 fentanyl pills now contain a deadly dose

November 28, 2022
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Six out of ten fentanyl pills contain a lethal dose. The FDA sends warning letters for violations of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. A fake anesthesia ring was shut down in Pakistan. 23 more stories include news about pressed pills in 13 states.

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November 21, 2022: India busts counterfeiting operation with $1m in fake cancer drugs.

November 21, 2022
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Police in India busted a large scale fake cancer drug operation; additional counterfeit news in England, Austria and Mexico. CBP in Ohio reported seizing non-FDA approved cosmetic injectables. Seizures, prosecutions and deaths involving counterfeit pills in 18 U.S. states.

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Don’t buy pills; seek safer ways to deal with stress

November 16, 2022
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Soothing stress with prescription pills from online sellers can deadly; look here for safer strategies.

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November 14, 2022: The FDA warns about xylazine, a drug found in fake pills in 9 states.

November 14, 2022
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The FDA warned healthcare providers about xylazine in illicit drugs. Fake prescription pills continued to flood the U.S., with reports of more than 135,000 fentanyl pills seized, four guilty pleas, six sentencings, and related news in 18 states. Counterfeit medicine incidents were reported in Indonesia and India.

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November 7, 2022: Washington “Fetty Bros” get decades in prison

November 7, 2022
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Three men were sentenced for a fentanyl-pill operation based in Washington state. 19 Yemeni children are dead as a result of smuggled leukemia medicine. Additional news about pressed pills in Canada, the U.K., 13 U.S. states, and one U.S. territory.

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