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Lethal counterfeit pills being sold online as prescription drugs, DEA warns

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WASHINGTON - The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) warned Monday that the United States is being flooded with counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine, which are killing Americans at an "unprecedented rate." In its first Public Safety Alert in six years, the agency said that there is a "significant nationwide surge in counterfeit pills that are mass-produced by criminal drug networks in labs." They are being made to resemble prescription opioid medications such as Oxycontin, Percocet, Vicodin, Xanax and even amphetamines like Adderall, according to the DEA.

The pills are then "deceptively marketed as legitimate prescription pills" online and on social media platforms, which makes them "available to anyone.

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