Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco Delivers Remarks Announcing Drug Enforcement and Awareness Raising Campaign
And that means we have an obligation to make Americans aware of the deadly threat from counterfeit pills - counterfeit pills containing deadly doses of illicit fentanyl. We also need the public to understand the dangers posed by counterfeit pills. Now in recent years, we have seen an alarming increase in the number of counterfeit pills containing illicit fentanyl. And when we say “counterfeit pills,” I want to be very clear, we mean pills that are fashioned to look like legitimate pills that might be prescribed by your doctor. More than 9.5 million counterfeit pills were seized so far this year – that’s more than the last two years combined.
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