can you walk me through what happened within that drug store simply currently what do they market what don'' t they sell right they saw whatever besides crap okay euphoria and also that was i assumption yet like all the like drugs medical tourism to mexico from the u.s is massive with an estimated 3 million inbound medical travelers in 2020 medicine is less expensive in mexico as well as you can buy most medicines over the counter while lots of people have the ability to discover the care they desperately require some are likewise getting cheap unregulated meds without understanding they'' re phony [Songs] the ingredients can be totally unknown as well as in recent years the dea have seized counterfeit medicine tied with the lethal opioid fentanyl [Music] it'' s approximated that 8 million individuals take in immoral medication in mexico yearly i wish to explore this black market sector satisfy the dealers individuals combating this medical criminal offense and individuals risking their lives for their own wellness [Praise] [Songs] my papa is a pharmacologist he he operates in a really extremely regulated uh environment where you recognize you have to have a prescription you have to go to a medical professional to get your medication however then with my buddies they pertain to mexico as well as they put on'' t have to include a prescription they don'' t need to uh potentially also see a doctor they simply most likely to among the drug stores and also just ask for the drug they'' re searching for and they get it'so it ' s as fast as that so as high as it ' s basic and also very easy it likewise makes me ask yourself how unsafe that can'be i ' m heading near the u.s mexico boundary to zona norte a red light location of tijuana where medical tourists commonly travel to grab more affordable medications there are meeting a former opioid individual who has actually regularly traveled to pharmacies on the boundary for around ten years to get percocet over the counter after he got hooked on opioids in the us he wishes to continue to be anonymous and is mosting likely to secret movie inside of among these drug stores get several of the percocet and after that i'' m mosting likely to examine them'to discover out what'' s really in them what ' s up all right way better you understand it ' s very information or whatever nation since i was similar to clearness like oxycontin that'' s something molly called him so i resembled this ain'' t going to touch people yet he'' s like no try it absolutely free trust fund oh do you recognize any person who'' s died from consuming these tablets i do yeah uh a friend of mine had a resistance do you have any type of concept of what could be in them so exactly how would you really feel if i told you we were mosting likely to check it yeah yep you'' re cool with that you desire to recognize i'' m mosting likely to utilize a portable spectrometer intended for border patrol to test if the medicines are counterfeit right this is gon na be a little difficult i should look so questionable right now no i assume i'' ve based it enough arm laser fentanyl says c-a-s-n-an illicit drug and a red label pops up a percocet tablet is suggested to have oxycodone as its energetic component this phony pill is rather reduced with a fatal mix of fentanyl as well as methamphetamine fentanyl is 50 times a lot more potent than heroin and also the overdose rate in the u.s is climbing up with the introduction of this immoral opioid it'' s estimated that there were 90 000 medication overdoses in the us in 2020 according to the dea while chinese fentanyl seizures are down the new resource of fentanyl are mexican cartels specifically the sinaloa and the jalisco new generation cartels were essentially criminal armies that rule with immunity we'' re headed to tipito one of the largest underground markets in mexico city where you can find counterfeit medication makeup clothing anything you can consider i'' m conference with a neighborhood boxing tale called jorge that'' s mosting likely to be my overview for tapiko like for pain in the back youngsters'' s drug 3rd fine let'' s go let ' s go yep we need to scoot i might tell that it ' s kind of dangerous to drop in there as well as then i likewise observed a motorcycle passed by us and also i hear that the people who get on the motorcycles are commonly from the cartel to make sure that'' s likewise making me a little bit worried [Songs] [Songs] it'' s getting a bit warm as we think cartels or gang spotters have actually seen us filming jorge firmly insists that we leave but i still wish to speak with a low-level vendor at this market to learn what they'' re selling as well as that provides them international and what is the most prominent medication what are individuals buying so do you believe that the cartels are associated with this are you terrified to tell me concerning the cartel our time is up with the black market pharmacist that'' s starting to worry he seemed truly terrified when i asked him about the cartel'' s participation in the counterfeit drug market and also understandably so i'' ve established up a conference with another supplier additionally up the supply chain he wants us to fulfill him at the car park of a vacant primary school can you reveal me the the medication [Songs] i'' m considering it and it does look like legit product packaging i wouldn'' t think that any one of this is phony appearances real who are your top customers like what sort of medication are they going for or do you also know so you have legal pharmacies buying from you in addition to routine bodegas it'' s blended yes my takeaway from that interview was as somebody that takes medicine for migraines and whatnot all of that looked rather legitimate yet none of it is all of it'' s phony i require to go even additionally up the supply chain to learn more concerning the range of this operation our fixer has actually handled to find the manager of a private storehouse [Music] so can you inform me a little concerning the medication that'' s below what is this yeah and i additionally see antidepressants antibiotics antidepressants are those your most popular ones how much does this price can you tell me exactly how much you market in dollars i'' ll so where else are these phony drugs being dispersed to not just are makeshift pharmacies selling prohibited prescription medicines in mexico this is also happening in the u.s i'' m in alvarado road in la where we have reason to believe there are street vendors marketing possibly phony medications i'' m going to secret film choose some up as well as obtain them checked at first we began very simple we just requested for medication related to pain however the crazy point is simply strolling with that street there were all sort of drug being openly marketed there as well as the packaging were some appearance counterfeit it didn'' t appearance like the genuine point like advil pm tylenol p.m i asked regarding xanax if they had xanax and also she claimed they did and also she offered me this bar xanax bar the amusing point is there'' s no label on it this was something she stated i must only take fifty percent of one since it'' s so strong and will certainly knock me out right away then she provided me diaz pam which is extra benzos as well as said the exact same thing these have labels on them yet they'' re various labels some state dz and others state m the xanax bar she showed us she stated this is from mexico this is from mexico she maintained saying that over as well as over once more this is from mexico and also this is actually truly solid it'' s from mexico and also it ' s solid are you certain you desire this as well as we paid 5 bucks for one bar currently i need to obtain these checked to figure out if they'' re phony or official i ' m conference with adam hopkins from metro a leading maker of high precision tools for chemical evaluation this is the 10 milligram xanax right to make sure that'' s the xanax that need to be extremely really effective so uh we placed this xanax tablet computer in below arm and obtain we'' re simply going to see what this does wow good you put on'' t requirement much i imply 10 milligrams that'' s to that ' s insane why since you should never have a xanax pill with sufficient xanax for the instrument to discover it at once it'' s like that ' s a great deal of xanax frankly any of these things that are not accredited to be sold in the us on the road that'' s a little scary to me the black market exists due to the expensive health and wellness care system in the us in 2019 over 26 million individuals were without wellness insurance and also even people with insurance coverage in the us picked to receive care in mexico due to the fact that it'' s more affordable now with lawbreakers not simply dispersing phony medicine to markets yet to genuine pharmacies in mexico that are individuals prepared to go across the border from the u.s for less expensive everyday healthcare recognizing that their medication might be imitation we'' re regarding to meet a woman called lupita whose son-in-law runs within the pharmaceutical industry in tijuana he recognizes people he mosts likely to the pharmacies there and also he additionally aids his mother-in-law obtain medicine also hola hola hola i wish to ask lupita why she chooses to obtain clinical treatment throughout the boundary and also what she really feels about recent reports of 14 clients passing away and also 50 falling ill in pamex regional medical facility in tabasco mexico from being carried out fake medicine by a doctor there have actually been a number of individuals recently that have actually passed away from counterfeit medications in mexican health centers what are your ideas on that particular does that issue you [Songs] experience [Music] it'' s approximated there were as many as 3 million incoming clinical vacationers to mexico since february 2020 as well as current records noted strong renewal and medical tourist in the past few months to virtually a hundred percent in border communities including tijuana [Songs] i intend to ask lupita'' s son-in-law jim why he also selects to purchase medicine across the border it'' s a little bit costly it ' s pricey here it depends what so it ' s extra costly than the states or no no no more less expensive than just different drug stores below we'' ll have like various prices stuff like that that'' s you yeah so what ' d you end up getting um'so i have actually sumatryptan it ' s a migraine headache drug it ' s not numbing yet in the united states you require a prescription for it in the united states the co-pay would be about 150 simply to check out the medical professional plus a 95 copay on the medicine so it accumulates absolutely it'' s a whole lot simpler simply to walk in and also pay sixty bucks or in fact that was extra like 45 i assume my conversion is a little off that'' s dramatically more affordable than significant than the us yes than the us and also that'' s with having insurance coverage in the u.s that'' s a 95 copay yet exactly how do you recognize this is the actual bargain i indicate i don'' t so i take it'and it ' s effective that ' s exactly how i understand that it ' s the genuine bargain okay so you feel it i feel it yet'wear ' t you ever ask yourself or worry whether it'' s phony or not um it'' s in the back of my mind for sure initially however i'' ve never had a poor experience until now so the the benefits surpass the risk for me i would state [Music] the bulk of wellness treatment in mexico is a lifeline for individuals yet from what i'' ve seen there ' s a shift in the black market from lifestyle medicines to what are meant to be life-saving drugs by cartels and independent criminals that are exploiting the need for medicine by victims of the overpriced health care system in the u.s the most stunning aspect of this is the action by bad guys to manufacture the impacts of effective discomfort drug in turn worsening the opioid situation mostly what i'' ve seen highlights the higher illness of the failure of our medical system to deliver treatment in a cost-effective method throughout a wide spectrum of culture [Music] you
