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4. Adulteration with Synthetic Drugs (Counterfeit Drugs)

 Counterfeit drugs may contain no active ingredient, the
wrong activeingredientorthe wrongamount ofthe
correctactiveingredientandcanbe toxic innaturewith
fatallevelsofthewrongactiveingredient.

 Theyarealsofoundtocommonlycontain cornstarch ,
potatostarch or chalk.