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Criminals set up fake online pharmacies to sell deadly counterfeit pills, prosecutors say
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Criminals set up fake online pharmacies to sell deadly counterfeit pills, prosecutors say

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A network of illegal drug …

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Meth worth $6M found in fake watermelons seized at US-Mexico border
4 months ago

Meth worth $6M found in fake watermelons seized at US-Mexico border

New Indian Express  

Mexican cartels are increasingly using everyday fruits and vegetables as a cover to smuggle drugs into the United States, according to recent seizures of methamphetamine. The US Customs and Border Protection officials at the San Diego, California, port of Otay Mesa recently intercepted around two tonnes of methamphetamine, commonly known as crystal meth, cleverly disguised as bright green watermelons. This …

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California seized enough fentanyl last year to kill everyone in the world ‘nearly twice over’
9 months, 3 weeks ago

California seized enough fentanyl last year to kill everyone in the world ‘nearly twice over’

LA Times  

Border Patrol agents found nine packages of blue pills in the roof of a Ford Expedition on May 18 after a traffic stop in San Diego County. The total amount of the potent synthetic opioid seized last year “is enough to potentially kill the global population nearly twice over,” Gov. In 2023, the California National Guard supported other law enforcement …

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Some Mexican pharmacies are selling full bottles of Adderall. But it’s actually meth.
1 year ago

Some Mexican pharmacies are selling full bottles of Adderall. But it’s actually meth.

LA Times  

In November 2023, some pharmacies in Puerto Vallarta were selling bottles of fake Adderall containing methamphetamine that were identical to this one that Times reporters purchased from a drug store in the coastal city in May 2023. “It’s really bad to find out that pharmacies are selling whole bottles of fake medication, and clearly an effort has been made to …

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Sheriff’s Dept. program to track presence of flesh-eating street drug in Los Angeles
1 year, 7 months ago

Sheriff’s Dept. program to track presence of flesh-eating street drug in Los Angeles

LA Times  

A man smokes fentanyl mixed with methamphetamine in an alley in Los Angeles in August. “In the greater Los Angeles area we are seeing xylazine as an additive within fake fentanyl pills,” said Nicole Nishida, spokesperson for the Los Angeles Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Amid troubling signs that a dangerous sedative known as “tranq” has spread …

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Feds seek to limit telehealth prescriptions for some drugs
1 year, 9 months ago

Feds seek to limit telehealth prescriptions for some drugs

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration moved Friday to require patients see a doctor in person before getting attention deficit disorder medication or addictive painkillers, toughening access to the drugs against the backdrop of a deepening opioid crisis. The new rule seeks to keep expanded access to telehealth that’s important for patients like those in rural areas while also balancing safety, …

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Joe Rogan and Dr Phil push Halloween candy fentanyl story before producer says it could be fake
2 years, 1 month ago

Joe Rogan and Dr Phil push Halloween candy fentanyl story before producer says it could be fake

The Independent  

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DEA: Fake pills containing fentanyl helping drive OD deaths
2 years, 2 months ago

DEA: Fake pills containing fentanyl helping drive OD deaths

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — An increasing number of fake prescription pills that contain potentially deadly fentanyl are helping drive overdose death rates to record levels in the U.S., including some now manufactured in rainbow colors designed to look like candy, federal officials said Tuesday. Vastly powerful synthetic drugs like fentanyl are behind record overdose deaths in the U.S. Law enforcement officials nationwide …

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Seven charged with distributing fentanyl that killed 10 in Orange County
2 years, 8 months ago

Seven charged with distributing fentanyl that killed 10 in Orange County

LA Times  

Bill Bodner, shown here in 2020, leads the DEA’s Los Angeles Field Division, which investigated a spate of fatal overdoses attributed to fentanyl. Federal prosecutors have charged seven people with distributing fatal doses of fentanyl that killed 10 people over the last several years in Orange County. William Dick Jr., 40, is charged with selling drugs to four people at …

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More than 800 arrests made in DEA crackdown on fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills
3 years, 2 months ago

More than 800 arrests made in DEA crackdown on fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills

CNN  

CNN — The Drug Enforcement Administration said Thursday it made 810 arrests and seized more than 1.8 million fake pills during a two-month sweep to stem the flow of counterfeit medications containing the synthetic opioid fentanyl. “Illicit fentanyl was responsible for nearly three quarters of the more than 93,000 fatal drug overdoses in the United States in 2020,” Deputy Attorney …

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DEA warns of sharp increase in fake prescription pills laced with fentanyl and meth
3 years, 2 months ago

DEA warns of sharp increase in fake prescription pills laced with fentanyl and meth

CNN  

CNN — The US Drug Enforcement Administration on Monday issued a public safety alert about a sharp increase of fake prescription pills laced with fentanyl and methamphetamine. In a news release, the agency said DEA lab tests revealed there has also been a dramatic rise in pills containing at least 2 milligrams of the drug, which is considered a lethal …

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Suspected Southern California drug dealers charged in 11 overdose deaths
3 years, 7 months ago

Suspected Southern California drug dealers charged in 11 overdose deaths

LA Times  

Federal authorities in Los Angeles have charged 11 people with supplying drugs that caused fatal overdoses — mostly fake oxycodone pills laced with dangerous quantities of fentanyl. Federal agents fanned out across Southern California this week to arrest suspects charged with supplying drugs that caused 11 fatal overdoses amid a rising danger from black-market pills laced with fentanyl. In California, …

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