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The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation just released their annual report and they consider counterfeit fentanyl pills purchased online to be a contributing factor to the opioid crisis. Across the state, authorities are finding more and more of these types of cases and warned of increased incidents of overdose outbreaks caused by these types of pills…
Read MoreThe Deadly Counterfeit Drug Trade Thrives in New Jersey Download our February 2020 PDF Download our information sheet about counterfeit drug incidents in New Jersey and consult the updates below. State incident summaries July – December 2022 Read more news about counterfeit medicine in New Jersey. Additional PSM Coverage Get PSM’s Weekly Newsletter Sign up here Click the badge to report…
Read MoreThe U.S. DOJ announced a guilty plea from Robert Ian Thatcher of Elmira, NY. He was a leader of a counterfeit fentanyl pill drug ring that manufactured and distributed fake 30 milligram Percocet pills in the area, as well as in North Carolina. At least two people died from taking the pills sold to this group…
Read MoreThe U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently released their 2018 National Drug Threat Assessment. With over seven times more people abusing prescription drugs than heroin in this country, the DEA stated that counterfeit pills containing fentanyl pose a genuine public health risk and a law enforcement challenge…
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