A FORMER medical representative was arrested in a buy-bust operation that also led to the seizure of counterfeit and expired drugs worth about P5 million. By Leila Salaverria, Inquirer News Service Feb 18, 2005 Read the full story at news.inq7.net.

Thousands of fake diamond-shaped little blue pills that promise to improve male sexual performance have flooded KwaZulu-Natal. By Kuben Chetty and Sapa February 17, 2005 Read the full story at dailynews.co.za.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. A Jefferson County man was sent to federal prison Tuesday for drug charges that crisscrossed the United States. February 17, 2005 Read the full story at whnt.com.

DES MOINES, Iowa — The number of consumers importing prescription medication online is increasing, posing serious health risks for patients, according to one Food and Drug Administration official. Kate McGinty, Writer February 15, 2005 Read the full story at theiowachannel.com.

After years of washing its hands of the booming trade in cross-border Internet drug sales, the federal government has now declared it is no longer prepared to see Canada serve as a bargain-basement drugstore for the United States. Feb. 14, 2005 Read the full story at thestar.com.

Some Americans have turned to Canada to obtain their prescription drugs in an effort to save money. What many of them don't know is that in doing so they are laying a bet with something that is priceless: their health. Frank Lavernia, M.D., Coconut Creek Read the full story at sun-sentinel.com.

BRADENTON — When W.E. Greenfield looked outside his door this week to see if his latest shipment of drugs from Canada had shown up, he found instead a small cardboard box with a customs declaration from the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu. By MICHAEL POLLICK Last modified: February 11. 2005 4:32AM Read the full story at heraldtribune.com.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) – Nevada legislators questioned Thursday whether a bill that would tighten rules governing wholesalers of prescription drugs would have any effect on stemming counterfeit drug trade over the Internet. By ELIZABETH WHITE February 10, 2005 Read the full story at lasvegassun.com.

The rapid globalization of commerce and increasing sophistication of counterfeiters has helped create a boom in brand label rip-offs. And the world's top ink maker is determined to share in the profits as the corporate war on bootleggers intensifies. By RICHARD NEWMAN, STAFF WRITER Thursday, February 10, 2005 Read the full story at northjersey.com.