counterfeit pills
Fraudulent pharmaceutical tablets
Counterfeit pills are fraudulent medications made to look like legitimate pharmaceuticals but manufactured outside proper controls.
They may contain no active ingredient, the wrong dosage, or dangerous substitutes—fentanyl appearing in fake oxycodone has driven overdose deaths.
Authorities seized thousands of counterfeit pills in the raid.
The term usually implies deliberate deception rather than mere knockoffs.
- fakeNot the real thing
- fentanylSynthetic pain-blocking compound
- pressedPushed or smoothed flat
- deadlyAble to cause expiration
- overdoseHarmful excess intake
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