Fentanyl-tainted pills now found in Mexican pharmacies from coast to coast

Re:Fentanyl-tainted pills now found in Mexican pharmacies fr... by dimmke on Thursday June 15, 2023 @12:42PM (#36343183)

Okay, that tracks. My big question was “is this independent or chains” and it’s sort of answered by them saying one location of a regional chain was doing it. I’d bet that regional chain they mention it’s just that location and the employees are running the scheme.

And it sounds like they’re selling to people seeking recreational drugs, specifically opiates. So test your pills like you would if you were buying them off the street.

Places like Cancun and Puerto Vallarta and Playa Del Carmen are pretty awful. I’d recommend avoiding them anyways.

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Re:Fentanyl-tainted pills now found in Mexican pharmacies fr... by YellOh on Thursday June 15, 2023 @01:00PM (#36343476)

I mean, people do still get on-brand Xanax / Percocet / whatever for non-recreational reasons. Painkillers still kill pain. But otherwise, hard agree. If you're going to do medical tourism, avoiding sketchy independent pharmacies aimed at tourists is probably a solid first step.

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Re:Fentanyl-tainted pills now found in Mexican pharmacies fr... by dimmke on Thursday June 15, 2023 @05:00PM (#36346470)

Yeah but the article describes buying individual pills. That’s not a thing in real pharmacies. It really sounds like they’re just buying from drug dealers that have setup storefronts and I don’t think the overall conclusion of the article is justified by their findings.

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Re:Fentanyl-tainted pills now found in Mexican pharmacies fr... by dimmke on Thursday June 15, 2023 @05:53PM (#36347126)

Out of curiosity, I acquired a box of Mexican Xanax today. Now I just need to figure out how to test them.

It was under the name Tafil and supposedly manufactured by Pfizer.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1119021696968556566/1...

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