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Los Angeles health officials warn about fentanyl-tainted pills in Mexican drug stores

Medications are lined up on wide shelves in a pharmacy in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on May 5, 2023.

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County public health officials on Tuesday issued an alert warning Angelenos that some pharmacies in Mexico have been selling counterfeit medications containing fentanyl and other narcotics.

“The landscape of overdose deaths no longer primarily affects those who are using substances regularly,” the alert said. “Due to fentanyl, we are seeing people overdose and die the first time they try an illicit substance or counterfeit pill.”

Citing Los Angeles Times reporting, the alert named several cities where counterfeit

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