{"id":295997,"date":"2026-02-22T01:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T01:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/295997\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T01:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T01:48:12","slug":"deadly-counterfeit-pills-in-u-s-what-you-need-to-know-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/295997\/","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":295998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[6147,134,9222,440,524,3556,111,43,139,69,38],"class_list":{"0":"post-295997","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-crime","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-indiana","11":"tag-local","12":"tag-medication","13":"tag-national","14":"tag-new-zealand","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-newzealand","17":"tag-nz","18":"tag-top-stories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}