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New CASA Report Finds Most Web Sites Selling Prescription Opioids, Stimulants and Depressants Require No Prescription
July 27th, 2008
Despite a decline in the number of Web sites advertising or selling controlled prescription drugs, like OxyContin and Valium, Xanax and Vicodin, and Ritalin and Adderall, in the past year, 85 percent of Web sites selling such drugs do not require a prescription, according to "You've Got Drugs!" V: Prescription Drug Pushers on the Internet, the fifth annual White Paper on this subject released by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University. The new White Paper reports that CASA researchers found a total of 365 Web sites advertising or selling controlled prescription drugs during 210 hours of research in the first quarter of 2008,...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2008-07-27)
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