Sat 8 Mar 2008
News - UN urges stand on internet drugs
Posted by zylstra under Erectile Dysfunction
Governments should do more to crack down on the illicit trade in controlled drugs over the internet, according to a new report by a UN organisation. The International Narcotics Control Board reports that there is an increase in dealers using cyberspace to market narcotics and mind-altering drugs. Its annual report says internet pharmacies are shipping prescription- only drugs across the globe. They are targeting former patients who have become addicted to drugs, it says.
The report warns the drug ritalin - used to treat hyperactive children - carries a high risk of abuse but was advertised on some websites as a “mild and harmless stimulant”.
It calls on impotence and the prostate An INCB board member, Hamid Ghodse, told a news conference in London that the trafficking of controlled drugs over the internet was “extremely serious”. “There are more sites on how to make drugs, how to manufacture and produce them and even how to avoid detection by the police than there are on drugs education.” Global issues The INCB also reported the following findings:
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