{"id":490220,"date":"2026-02-21T15:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T15:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/490220\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T15:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T15:55:10","slug":"deadly-counterfeit-pills-in-u-s-what-you-need-to-know-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/490220\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly counterfeit pills in U.S.: what you need to know | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Counterfeit prescription pills laced with fentanyl have flooded the U.S. drug market, a report revealed. These fake pills mimic real medications but often contain dangerous substances like fentanyl or methamphetamine.<\/p>\n<p>Fentanyl overdoses can affect anyone buying street drugs, including counterfeit pills. These pills often look like legitimate medications such as Xanax or oxycodone, making them especially risky.<\/p>\n<p>The report noted the fentanyl content in these pills is unpredictable and often lethal. Factors like high prescription costs and online sales drive the rise in counterfeit pills.<\/p>\n<p>You are urged to avoid using someone else\u2019s prescription medication and seek help from licensed providers for issues like anxiety or chronic pain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Counterfeit prescription pills laced with fentanyl have flooded the U.S. drug market, a report revealed. These fake pills&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[49,48,2169,84,5904,1337,377,44,39],"class_list":["post-490220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-crime","tag-health","tag-indiana","tag-local","tag-medication","tag-news","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}