March 29, 2018 President Duterte has now included in his famed drug war the fake or counterfeit drugs. Counterfeit drugs, as defined in Republic Act 8203 otherwise known as Special Law on Counterfeit Drugs, are products with the wrong or contaminated ingredients, with the correct ingredients but not in their required amounts, or without the active ingredients resulting to decreased drug safety, efficacy, quality, strength or purity. Counterfeit medicines can also be defined as mislabeled or with fake packaging, and can apply to both generic and branded products. To boot, these drugs are not registered with the Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and did not go through validation and standard tests to confirm their quality, safety, and efficacy. Counterfeiting drugs is a global problem, a big business worth billions of dollars, targeting mostly developing countries like the Philippines. It is a massive trend to criminals but it is also a public health risk and