#15: Medicine Mirage: Unmasking Mexico's Fake Pharma Industry with Keri Blakinger

Topics covered: Mexican pharmaceuticals, Adderall, ADHD medication, Opioids, Tramadol, counterfeit medications, wild drug stories, investigative journalism, drug testing

J Gordon Curtis, and Rowan Zeoli speak with Keri Blakinger about her year-long investigation with the LA Times into the counterfeit pharmaceutical industry in Mexico.

We’ll bring you the details (spoiler alert: Adderall is illegal in Mexico, and you’re probably actually getting Meth). Get ready for discussions of shady conversations in sunny tourist destinations.

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Follow Keri:

• Keri’s Twitter Account

• Her most recent reporting on the LA Sherriff’s office

• Keri’s profile for the LA Times

• The New Yorker Article on Dungeons and Dragons on Death Row

• Corrections in Ink (Memoir)

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Further Reading

• An ADHD Conspiracy: Why Your Vyvanse May Not Be Working (Tripsitter)

• What’s Going On With The Adderall Shortage? (Tripsitter)

• Hidden panels, counterfeit bottles, fentanyl: A year of buying drugs in Mexican pharmacies (LA Times)

• How To Test Psychoactive Substances With Drug Testing Kits & Reagents (Tripsitter)

• Designer Drug Exposé: Amphetamines & Other Stimulants (Tripsitter)

• Tranq Dope: The Truth About the "Zombie Drug" (Xylazine) (Tripsitter)

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