The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week warned Americans of a potential overdose risk associated with fake prescription medications sold online.
In an Oct. 2 warning, the federal health agency warned that some “illegal online pharmacies” may be selling and distributing prescription medications that “frequently contain fentanyl,” a powerful synthetic opioid that has led to hundreds of thousands of U.S. overdose deaths in recent years.
It then made note of a recent Department of Justice (DOJ) announcement on Sept. 30 about an indictment against several individuals who ran illegal online pharmacies that sold medications containing fentanyl. The individuals involved have been selling and shipping “millions unregulated counterfeit prescription pills to tens of thousands of individuals” inside the United States, it added….