Melissa in the Morning: Counterfeit Pill Bust

Pharmacist or expert on pharmaceutical inspection identifies pills. Testing, verification and determining pharmaceutical counterfeiting or fakes of medicines and medicinal substance quality concept

Melissa in the Morning: Counterfeit Pill Bust

Federal law enforcement officials in Connecticut have announced criminal indictments against seven people in a case they’re calling one of the largest counterfeit pill busts ever in New England. Last week, it was discovered inside a local garage that a New Haven man manufactured hundreds of thousands of counterfeit pills being shipped around the U.S. State Senator Jeff Gordon, who also is a practicing doctor, talked about the health implications of this shocking bust and why tougher penalties may be a solution to the problem.

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