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Illegal drug peddlers turn NYC neighborhood into open-air prescription pill market
A half-mile section of Washington Heights in New York City has become an open-air market for illegally sold prescription drugs, including painkillers and erectile dysfunction pills, with some medications sold at significant markups.
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