{"id":292592,"date":"2023-06-14T16:40:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T21:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=292592"},"modified":"2023-06-13T23:08:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T04:08:00","slug":"dea-warns-fake-prescriptions-deadly-abortion-pills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/dea-warns-fake-prescriptions-deadly-abortion-pills\/","title":{"rendered":"DEA warns of ‘fake prescriptions’ laced with deadly drug, while unregulated abortion pills flood US"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As unregulated abortion pills flood into the United States from rogue websites or by other methods, a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) public safety alert<\/a> is warning the American public that, “of the fentanyl-laced fake prescription pills analyzed in 2022, six out of ten now contain a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl.”<\/p>\n

As a result, the DEA warned the American public to “Never take a pill that wasn\u2019t prescribed directly to you. Never take a pill from a friend. Never take a pill bought on social media.”<\/p>\n

“The only safe medications are ones prescribed by a trusted medical professional and dispensed by a licensed pharmacist,” the DEA claimed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The DEA does not regulate the abortion pill mifepristone or its companion drug misoprostol, used in the two-drug abortion pill regimen. It also does not regulate the unapproved one-drug misoprostol regimen<\/a>. Yet, these abortion-inducing drugs are becoming easier to obtain outside the protections of a legal prescription.<\/p>\n

And while the DEA warning<\/a> focused specifically on drugs like OxyContin\u00ae, Percocet\u00ae, and Xanax\u00ae, the alert raises the question: why has law enforcement seemed uninterested in focusing on the highly unregulated dispensing of the abortion pill or recent news that abortion pills are being illegally trafficked from Mexico into the U.S.?<\/em><\/p>\n

According to DEA Administrator Anne Milgram, the fentanyl-laced fake prescription pills \u201care being mass-produced by the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco Cartel in Mexico,” Milgram claimed. “Fentanyl remains the deadliest drug threat facing this country. It is a highly addictive synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine. Just two milligrams of fentanyl, the small amount that fits on the tip of a pencil, is considered a potentially deadly dose,” DEA’s alert stated.<\/p>\n

Just last month, Live Action News detailed<\/a> disturbing news that multiple groups were illegally trafficking in abortion drugs. These included Las Libres<\/a>, located in\u00a0Mexico<\/a>, which is behind efforts to smuggle abortion drugs into the United States. \u201cThe medications are arriving in a thousand ways, in creative ways, into the hands of women,\u201d Ver\u00f3nica Cruz S\u00e1nchez, founder of Las Libres, told<\/a> CNN.<\/p>\n

According to the same CNN article, “three Mexican<\/a> women quietly crossed into the country at different points along the border, dozens of abortion-inducing pills hidden in their belongings. The medication, an FDA-approved two-drug combination, had traveled across the interior of\u00a0Mexico<\/a> in the previous days, handled by an underground network of some 30 organizations in the country.”<\/p>\n

“The scope is staggering,” tweeted<\/a> Caroline Kitchener of the Washington Post<\/a>. “A covert, cross-border network of abortion activists is funneling thousands of abortion pills into the United States. I interviewed 16 people and visited 4 U.S. cities + Mexico to try to wrap my arms around this operation.”<\/p>\n

Kitchener added in the Twitter thread<\/a>,”The pipeline typically begins in Mexico, where activist suppliers secure pills for free or a few dollars. Hundreds of U.S.-based volunteers \u2013 who have been joining this movement in droves since Roe fell \u2013 then receive the pills through the U.S. mail. 2\/”.<\/p>\n

“Just one of several Mexico-based suppliers at the center of the operation says it\u2019s on track to facilitate 20,000 abortions in the U.S. this year. That amounts to ~20% of all legal abortions that took place in 2019 in the 13 states where abortion is now almost entirely banned. 3\/,” she tweeted<\/a>, adding,<\/a>\u00a0“Many of the pills arrive in old medicine bottles, unmarked and unsealed, to avoid detection. Abortion rights groups voiced concern that \u2013 as networks expand to include less credible suppliers \u2013 women could start to receive fake pills that are ineffective or even dangerous. 6\/”.<\/p>\n

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NEW: A covert, cross-border network of abortion activists is funneling thousands of abortion pills into the United States. I interviewed 16 people and visited 4 U.S. cities + Mexico to try to wrap my arms around this operation. The scope is staggering.\ud83e\uddf5https:\/\/t.co\/6IXVFUeiZs<\/a><\/p>\n

— Caroline Kitchener (@CAKitchener) October 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n