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English-Public-Health-DNP-2018

June 5, 2023

The UK Health Security Agency issued a warning about DNP in August 2018, 6 months after a 21-year-old British man died after taking capsules he bought from Merlino.

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Pill-press-map-May-30-2023

May 30, 2023

This May 2023 map shows where pill presses have been seized in the U.S. To see the most recent data with individual incidents, visit our Illegal PIll Press page at https://www.safemedicines.org/importation-page/illegal-pill-presses-2021-update.

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May 30, 2023: North Carolina raises penalties for making counterfeit controlled pills.

May 30, 2023
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North Carolina made using a pill press to make counterfeit controlled pills a felony. Black market and fake medicines were reported in Canada and Mexico. More news involved counterfeit or illegally imported pills in 22 states.

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May 30, 2023

Court papers alleged that drug traffickers in New Castle, Delaware used this former daycare building to manufacture fentanyl pills. (Google)

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May 30, 2023

June 2022
Bromazolam Prevalence Surging Across the United States Driven In Part by Increasing Detections Alongside Fentanyl

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Public-Alert-Bromazolam-061522

May 30, 2023

Center for Forensic Science Research and Education warned about bromazolam in June 2022.

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Ottawa-Amoxicillin-Capsules-May-2023

May 30, 2023

Health Canada warned about unauthorized amoxicillin capsules that it seized from a grocer in Ottawa, Ontario. May 2023.

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Texas State Senate Passes Dangerous Foreign Drug Importation Program

May 23, 2023
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With the passage of HB 25 in the Texas State Senate and Governor Abbott’s impending signature, Texas is poised to become the seventh state in the U.S. to attempt to create a program to import medicine from Canada. This policy has failed in six other states, cost taxpayers millions of dollars, and drawn opposition from the Canadian government.

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May 22, 2023: Dangerous Eye Drops – FDA Warns about Unapproved Amniotic Fluid Eye Drops and Health Canada Seizes Unapproved Eye Drops

May 22, 2023
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Grieving families continue to mourn the ones they lost to dubious and counterfeit medicine. Three men were convicted of manufacturing and selling counterfeit pills in the U.K. Additional news involving counterfeit pills made with fentanyl in twenty states.

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Washington-County-Sheriffs-Utah-Fentanyl-Pills

May 22, 2023

Washington Co. Sheriff (Utah) fentanyl pill seizure May 2023

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