Cincinnati CBP seized $3.5 million in counterfeit pharma

[fatbegone]

"During a week-long joint operation between U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Food and Drug Administration, CBP officers inspected hundreds of boxes containing possible counterfeit and unapproved medications... During the operation, CBP officers intercepted shipments containing counterfeit Ozempic, Semaglutide, Retatrutide, and Tirzepatide, injections in demand for positive results in weight loss."

I like how they listed ozempic and semaglutide separately, as if they're two different drugs. 😆

https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/cincinnati-cbp-seized-35-million-counterfeit-pharma

 

[SassyPants]

"During a week-long joint operation between U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Food and Drug Administration, CBP officers inspected hundreds of boxes containing possible counterfeit and unapproved medications... During the operation, CBP officers intercepted shipments containing counterfeit Ozempic, Semaglutide, Retatrutide, and Tirzepatide, injections in demand for positive results in weight loss."

I like how they listed ozempic and semaglutide separately, as if they're two different drugs. 😆

https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/cincinnati-cbp-seized-35-million-counterfeit-pharma

Article going on about keeping people safe and then goes on to mention the value of seized drugs totaling 3 million+ 🙄

 

[vewdew34]

Lets see how long it will last, but yet Fantanyl still makes in to the streets, but lets not worry about that, we rather kill than help people.

 

[Morbius]

The USA has always been faster to hurt its own people than help them.

The list of highest incarceration per capita summarizes our issues neatly.

• El Salvador: 1,659 per 100,000
• Cuba: 794 per 100,000
• Rwanda: 620 per 100,000
• Turkmenistan: 576 per 100,000
• United States: 541 per 100,000 🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

On the low end...

• Japan: 36 per 100,000
• Germany: 67 per 100,000
• Norway: 53 per 100,000

There are two ways to look at this information and neither is an uplifting conclusion.

If we believe that a nation like Norway has a reasonable incarceration rate, why is America's 10x higher? Ten times!

If our 10x rate is reasonable then we are a nation of monsters.

On the other hand, if Americans aren't that different than Norwegians, then we have a massive over-policing problem.

Even if the truth is somewhere in between, say Norway is under-policing by several times, the USA still looks insane.

If grey GLP-1 meds start taking real money out of pharma's pocket, today's news could be just the beginning.

Be careful. There is a large system out to get you. Don't be the easiest target.