FAKE PILLS: ONE PILL CAN KILL
Criminal drug networks mass-produce counterfeit pills, lacing them with fentanyl and marketing them as brand-name prescription drugs.
Fake pills gotten from a friend or bought online or through social media may contain fentanyl and can be deadly.
These pills are made to look like prescription drugs such as oxycodone (OxyContin and Percocet), hydrocodone (Vicodin) and psychotropic medications or stimulants (Xanax and Adderall).
Of the fentanyl-laced fake pills analyzed by the DEA,* 7 out of 10 contained a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl.
* DEA: US Drug Enforcement Administration
I went down to her room and opened up the door and I found her. She was standing upright, but she was bent over, down with her head on the couch arm and a pile of vomit. When I picked her up, her eyes were open, and I knew she was dead.” —Mother
