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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  

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Riverside County deputy, 14 others arrested in drug trafficking bust
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Riverside County deputy, 14 others arrested in drug trafficking bust

LA Times  

Authorities have arrested 15 people, including a Riverside County correctional deputy, in connection with a Sinaloa, Mexico, drug trafficking network in the Inland Empire. Culminating a yearlong investigation dubbed “Hotline Bling,” authorities in Riverside County have seized millions of dollars worth of illegal drugs and arrested 15 people suspected of helping a Sinaloa, Mexico, cartel’s drug trafficking network, including a …

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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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24 people arrested in a drug trafficking investigation in Oregon
1 year, 1 month ago

24 people arrested in a drug trafficking investigation in Oregon

Associated Press  

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — An investigation into what authorities described as a major drug trafficking group based in southern Oregon resulted in two dozen arrests and seizures of guns, fentanyl, methamphetamine and other drugs, law enforcement agencies said Wednesday. The Drug Enforcement Administration, Oregon State Police and the Grants Pass Police Department were among the agencies involved in the probe, …

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Why is fentanyl so deadly?
1 year, 3 months ago

Why is fentanyl so deadly?

Hindustan Times  

As a medication, fentanyl subdues and reduces pain. Clinics, doctors' surgeries and chemists have been forced to ensure a proper disposal of fentanyl plasters, because people addicted to fentanyl have been known to search through trash cans, looking for used fentanyl plasters, as it's sometimes still possible to extract some of the drug from the plaster. People addicted to fentanyl …

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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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13 arrested in connection with fentanyl-laced drugs that led to fatal overdoses
1 year, 7 months ago

13 arrested in connection with fentanyl-laced drugs that led to fatal overdoses

LA Times  

A sheriff’s deputy stands in front of a photo of fentanyl-laced pills during a 2021 announcement in Los Angeles of federal charges against suspected drug dealers. Thirteen people suspected of selling fentanyl-laced drugs that caused at least a dozen fatal overdoses in Southern California have been arrested, federal authorities said Tuesday. One of the men arrested, Dominick Kingdiamond Alvarado, 22, …

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Harris, Feinstein told in 2018 of American killed by fentanyl pills from Mexican pharmacy
1 year, 8 months ago

Harris, Feinstein told in 2018 of American killed by fentanyl pills from Mexican pharmacy

LA Times  

Celia, left, and Terry Harms at their home in Warwick, R.I. Their son Jonathan Harms died in 2017 after purchasing fentanyl-tainted pills from a pharmacy in Mexico. We just got stock answers to constituent complaints.” After The Times contacted Feinstein’s office Tuesday, Celia Harms said, one of the senator’s staffers in California called and “apologized that no one offered to …

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Tainted pills from Mexican pharmacies kept killing Americans even after U.S. knew of threat
1 year, 8 months ago

Tainted pills from Mexican pharmacies kept killing Americans even after U.S. knew of threat

LA Times  

There was the teenager from Texas. He said he “can almost guarantee” that there are numerous cases of travelers killed by fentanyl-tainted pills purchased from Mexican pharmacies that will never be known. A notebook found among Ryan Bagwell’s belongings after he died identifies three clear goals: “take over my father’s business,” “get better grades” and “catch a 30+ inch trout.” …

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U.S. issues warning about Mexican pharmacies selling tainted, counterfeit pills
1 year, 9 months ago

U.S. issues warning about Mexican pharmacies selling tainted, counterfeit pills

LA Times  

The U.S. State Department issued a warning Friday for Americans to “exercise caution” when buying medications from drugstores in Mexico, posting the health alert a week after a letter from two lawmakers and an investigation by The Times. “The U.S. Department of State is aware of recent media reports regarding counterfeit pharmaceuticals available at pharmacies in Mexico, including those tainted …

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Feds knew for years fentanyl-tainted pills from Mexican pharmacies were killing Americans
1 year, 9 months ago

Feds knew for years fentanyl-tainted pills from Mexican pharmacies were killing Americans

LA Times  

Some pharmacies in Mexico are selling pills that contain illicit substances, passing them off as legitimate pharmaceuticals. “I don’t.” :: As soon as she hung up, Mary Harrell called her daughter in Washington state. “It’s true.” Once she knew her son really was gone, Mary Harrell suspected foul play. Signed “Mary A. Harrell and Family,” the November 2019 email detailed …

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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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More teenagers dying from fentanyl. ‘It has a hold on me, and I don’t know why’
2 years, 1 month ago

More teenagers dying from fentanyl. ‘It has a hold on me, and I don’t know why’

LA Times  

The summer before 14-year-old Alexander Neville would have entered high school, he sat both of his parents down at the kitchen table in their Aliso Viejo home and told them he’d been taking Oxycontin pills he bought on Snapchat. If you haven’t been impacted by this yet, it’s just a matter of time.” — Amy Neville, whose 14-year-old son Alexander …

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Rainbow fentanyl pills that resemble candy are found in LEGO box
2 years, 2 months ago

Rainbow fentanyl pills that resemble candy are found in LEGO box

Daily Mail  

Investigators have arrested a New Jersey woman after she allegedly transported around 15,000 rainbow fentanyl pills into New York City with many of them hidden under blocks of LEGO. Fentanyl packaged like candy and placed into LEGO boxes was found in the back back of a car being driven in Manhattan The pills were imprinted with '30 M' to resemble …

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Images show rainbow-colored fentanyl disguised as Skittles and Nerds
2 years, 2 months ago

Images show rainbow-colored fentanyl disguised as Skittles and Nerds

Daily Mail  

A drug that's contributed to the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans last year has been found hidden in candy packaging - and could be peddled to young children via social media, experts say. The DEA said drug traffickers have expanded their inventory to sell fentanyl - a synthetic opioid 50 times more potent than heroin - in a …

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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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Teen boys arrested after high school student, 15, overdoses on fentanyl
2 years, 3 months ago

Teen boys arrested after high school student, 15, overdoses on fentanyl

The Independent  

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Teen girl dead from fentanyl-laced pills at Hollywood school is latest in rash of student overdoses
2 years, 3 months ago

Teen girl dead from fentanyl-laced pills at Hollywood school is latest in rash of student overdoses

LA Times  

Students make their way to Los Angeles’ Helen Bernstein School, where a 15-year-old girl was found dead after an apparent fentanyl overdose. “It’s very easy to acquire and get drugs in high schools in general,” said Natalia Ruiz, 14, a ninth-grader at the school. “Some kid might take it just like that and something bad could easily just happen — …

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Fentanyl is the most dangerous drug in America – but panic over it isn’t helping
2 years, 4 months ago

Fentanyl is the most dangerous drug in America – but panic over it isn’t helping

The Independent  

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Mexico seizes 'historic' half-ton of fentanyl at warehouse
2 years, 5 months ago

Mexico seizes 'historic' half-ton of fentanyl at warehouse

Daily Mail  

Over half-ton of fentanyl was seized at a warehouse in the western Mexican state of Sinaloa, the government announced Thursday. The Mexican army and National Guard carried out an operation into the dealings of the Sinaloa Cartel in Culiacán, Sinaloa, and wound up seizing 543 kilos of fentanyl at a warehouse, the government announced Thursday The Mexican government revealed Thursday …

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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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