ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Drug fraud

Okay, so you know how taking medicine can make you feel better when you're sick, right? Well, the people who make and sell medicine have a big responsibility to make sure that the medicine is safe and actually works to make people feel better.

But sometimes, there are some bad people who make and sell medicine that doesn't really work or could even make you even more sick than you already are! That's called drug fraud.

For example, let's say you're feeling really bad with a cold and your mom gives you some medicine to help you feel better. But instead of feeling better, you start feeling even worse! That could be because the medicine you took wasn't real medicine, but instead was just sugar pills or something else that can't actually help you.

Drug fraud is very wrong and harmful because people are trusting these medicines to make them feel better, but the drugs don't actually work or could even cause more harm. It's important for people to be able to trust the medicine that they're taking, and for the people who make and sell medicine to be honest and responsible.