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Title

Dangerous doses : how counterfeiters are contaminating America's drug supply / Katherine Eban.

Author

Eban, Katherine.

Publication

Orlando : Harcourt, c2005.

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• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description

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Description

xviii, 462 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

Stolen, compromised, and counterfeit medicine increasingly makes its way into a poorly regulated distribution system-where it may reach unsuspecting patients who stake their lives on its effectiveness. Investigative medical reporter Eban's exploration of America's secret ring of drug counterfeiters takes us to Florida, where a team of investigators follows the trail of medicine stolen in a seemingly minor break-in as it funnels into a sprawling national network of drug polluters. Their pursuit stretches from a strip joint in South Miami to the halls of Congress as they battle entrenched political interests and uncover an increasing threat to America's health.--From publisher description.

Subjects

• Pharmaceutical Preparations > supply & distribution > United States
• Pharmaceutical policy > United States
• Government Regulation > United States
• Fraud > United States
• Legislation, Drug > United States
• Drugs > Safety measures
• Consumer Advocacy > United States
• Product counterfeiting
• Drug adulteration

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-417) and index.

Contents

A victim of success -- Flamingos in Missouri -- The public candy bowl -- Medicine in the laundry room -- The cheshire cat -- Man's garbage -- A cold chain gets hot -- Stealing time -- My son is not a no one -- Streams become one -- The license shrine -- A do or die cause -- A bad lot -- Rats in the state -- Crazy money -- A special price -- The guitar story -- The counterfeiter's lair -- They know we know -- Mr. Arias goes to Washington -- The ultimate box case -- Where hyperbole meets reality.

Call Number

JBE 05-1021

ISBN

0151010501

LCCN

2004025581

OCLC

56880175

Author

Eban, Katherine.

Title

Dangerous doses : how counterfeiters are contaminating America's drug supply / Katherine Eban.

Imprint

Orlando : Harcourt, c2005.

Edition

1st ed.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-417) and index.

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Research Call Number

JBE 05-1021