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Article: Kids at Risk: Report Identifies 150 Websites Selling Anabolic Steroids.
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- July 21, 2008
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'Pumped Up on the Internet' calls for action from ICANN, US-based domain name registrars
ARLINGTON, Va. and BOSTON, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- LegitScript.com, an online pharmacy verification service, and KnujOn.com, an Internet spam and criminality watchdog, have released an investigative report that identifies 156 websites engaged in the illicit sale of anabolic steroids.
Steroid abuse is part of the larger prescription drug abuse problem, which is the second largest drug abuse problem in the United States. The abuse of anabolic steroids is concentrated among youth and young adults. The websites identified in the report enable Web-savvy youth to easily ...