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

[WhiskeyGrinder]

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-03-11/feds-have-known-for-years-fentanyl-tainted-pills-from-mexican-pharmacies-are-killing-americans

Free link: https://archive.ph/PeTDO

CAMARILLO — Officials at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and State Department have known for more than three years that some pharmacies in Mexico are selling counterfeit medications laced with illicit fentanyl — and that American tourists are overdosing and dying from them.

A California medical examiner first alerted federal authorities in the spring of 2019, when 29-year-old Brennan Harrell died of a fentanyl overdose after he and a friend bought pills at a drug store in Cabo San Lucas.

Afterward, his family cooperated with the DEA during a months-long investigation they say ended with the agency promising to take action that did not materialize.

Last month, a Los Angeles Times investigation found that some pharmacies in northwestern Mexico — including several in Cabo — are not only passing off fentanyl pills as legitimate oxycodone but also selling methamphetamine tablets as Adderall.

[Irish_Dem]

1. With some of the deadly material provided by China.

Just a coincidence I am sure.

[Faux pas]

2. ...

During the hump's watch, what a big effing surprise.

[Girard442]

3. One wonders when it will become clear to everyone...

...that the War on Drugs is an abject failure.

[emulatorloo]

4. Wonder why Trump DEA didn't care?

Thanks so much for the article, appreciate it.

[Blues Heron]

5. 21st century bathtub gin

People want to get high - let them do it safely. Prohibition just leads to worse problems like this horrible fentanyl scourge.