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Tue Aug 8, 2023, 08:40 PM Aug 2023

Mexico shutters 23 pharmacies at Caribbean coast resorts after US warned of dangerous pill sales

Source: Associated Press

Mexico shutters 23 pharmacies at Caribbean coast resorts after US warned of dangerous pill sales

Updated 8:34 PM EDT, August 8, 2023

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has shuttered 23 pharmacies at Caribbean coast resorts, six months after a research report warned that drug stores in Mexico were offering foreigners pills they passed off as Oxycodone, Percocet and Adderall without prescriptions, authorities said Tuesday.

A four-day inspection raid targeted drugstores in Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum.

In March, the U.S. State Department issued a travel warning about sales of such pills, and the practice appears to be widespread.

The Navy Department said Tuesday that irregular sales were found at 23 of the 55 drug stores inspected.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/mexico-pharmacies-dangerous-pills-sold-tourists-bb64a0f5ff23bf087cf40a8a22f94084

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