The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has issued a public safety alert warning Americans about an increase in illegal online pharmacies selling and shipping counterfeit pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine.
Unsuspecting customers are purchasing what they believe to be legitimate pharmaceutical drugs such as Oxycodone, Adderall, and Xanax, only to receive dangerous counterfeit medications, the agency said in the alert.
As more Americans turn to online pharmacies for necessary medications, the DEA said they have identified a surge in illegal, often foreign-based websites that are deceptively targeting U.S. consumers.
Many of these sites are operated from countries such as India and the Dominican Republic and falsely claim to be legitimate, U.S.-based, or FDA-approved pharmacies….