19 are charged with diluting AIDS, cancer medications (FL)

Nineteen South Floridians have been charged with diluting lifesaving medications to combat cancer, AIDS, and other ailments.

Consisting of four bogus drug wholesalers, the ring made millions selling, in some cases, bottles of chalk and tap water to terminally ill patients, according to charging documents.

The concoctions were shipped by UPS to chain pharmacies throughout Florida and other states, including Maryland, Texas and Missouri.

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The man led investigators to at least four wholesale businesses in Orange, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, Martin, and Broward counties. BTC Wholesale, Accucare LLC, G&K Pharma, and Omnimed in West Boca Raton obtained brand-name pharmaceuticals such as Procrit, Epogen, Lipitor, Celebrex, and Gammagard from manufacturers, diluted, relabeled and then sold them with false documentation to chain stores such as Walgreens and Eckerd, private dealers, or directly to consumers, Williams said.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/6352809.htm

...but the FDA/federal government won't let senior citizens buy their medications in canada because they can't guarantee that the drugs are safe or the same as they are in the US...bullsh*t...they can't guarantee that the drugs are safe here either...they only thing they gurantee is profits for the drug companies....

I briefly reevaluate my stance against the death penalty and torture.

The moral revulsion is complete.

... let's not get carried away. Torture is wrong :)

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Hieronymus Bosch

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C'mon, I can't believe the Kobe threads get more than this. This is an atrocity.