Counterfeit drugs.

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Counterfeit drugs have become big business, with about $30 billion sold annually worldwide. Many of the fake medicines are bought online and find their way into hospitals, especially in developing countries like China, where the mountain of counterfeits shown here were recently seized by police in Beijing. Some even make it into the U.S. Counterfeits lack real drugs' active ingredients or have too...