The War on Counterfeit Prescription Drugs

Published August 23, 2013

The War on Counterfeit Prescription Drugs

Filed under: prescription drug abuse

The World Health Organization estimated only 1 to 2 percent of prescription drugs in the U-S are fake. Even so, counterfeit drugs are arriving in the U-S every day because of these online pharmacies that claim to sell prescription drugs for far less …
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Prescription Drug Drop Box in Sparta

Filed under: prescription drug abuse

People have been known to walk up to someone's house and ask to use the bathroom with a child but it's really an attempt at getting to the medicine cabinet." Since April over 600 pounds of prescription drugs have been collected in Monroe County. The …
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Office manager accused of using doctors' names to get drugs

Filed under: prescription drug abuse

… at 3:44 p.m.. Last Modified: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 3:44 p.m.. SARASOTA COUNTY – A dermatology office manager faces numerous charges after she was accused of using the names of doctors with whom she worked to get prescription drugs.
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