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Article: Most Websites selling controlled drugs fail to require a prescription.
- Article from:
- The Journal of Employee Assistance
- Article date:
- October 1, 2008
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More than 80 percent of Websites that advertise or sell controlled prescription drugs such as OxyContin, Valium, Xanax, Vicodin, and Ritalin do not require a prescription, according to a report issued by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University,
CASA researchers found a total of 365 Websites advertising or selling controlled prescription drugs during 210 hours of research in the first quarter of 2008, compared to 581 sites during the same period in 2007. Only two of the 365 sites were certified by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy as Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites.
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