Selling counterfeit illegal drugs is a crime in many U.S. states' legal codes and in the federal law of the United States. The fake drugs are sometimes termed as imitation controlled substances.[1]
Selling counterfeit illicit drugs is illegal even if the substances used to make the imitation drug are not illegal on themselves.[3][4] It is illegal to distribute or sell counterfeit fake drugs in many U.S. states including Nevada,[5] Ohio,[6] Illinois,[7] Florida,[8] Michigan[1] and Massachusetts.[3]
Selling counterfeit illicit drugs is illegal under the U.S. federal law.[3] Relevant parts of the U.S. federal law include 21 U.S.C. Section 331 and 18 U.S. Code § 1001.[3]
21 U.S.C. Section 331[9] makes it illegal to sell an adulterated or misbranded drug in interstate commerce.
18 U.S. Code § 1001[10] bans