CT: Prescription Drugs Found Online, Abused by Teens - Westport News

on the Internet," was conducted by Columbia staff members over a period of 210 hours in the first quarter of every year. In an accompanying statement to the 28-page report, Joseph Califano Jr., CASA's chairman and president, said CASA has discovered after five years of searching the Internet for sites advertising or selling prescription drugs that, while the number of such sites has declined since last year, perhaps due to the efforts of federal agencies, the widespread availability continues. "This year CASA identified a total of 365 sites, including 206 advertising sites and 159 sites offering these drugs for sale," Califano said. "Only two of the selling sites were certified by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy as legitimate Internet pharmacy practice sites; the other 157 were rogue sites." According to Susan... [read full story]