The number of websites advertising and selling controlled prescription drugs like Oxycontin, Valium and Xanax has grown dramatically, over 130%, since 2006. There are basically "no controls" on the sale of controlled substances via the internet. Stopping the sale of controlled substances on the internet is no easy task. Many of these websites and their counterfeit drug manufacturers are based outside of the United States. Without the cooperation of certain foreign governments - combined with a concerted effort by our own government's enforcement agencies, plus the cooperation of internet providers and credit card companies, the sale of controlled substances via the internet will continue to escalate. All efforts so far to shut down this very lucrative and illegal business has fallen short. Most websites (over 80%) do not even require the buyer to have a doctor's prescription to make a purchase. Sadly, a large % of these illegal online drug purchases are made by our teenagers looking to get high. Sales of Xanax, Valium, Vicodin, Oxycontin and Ambien have skyrocketed - these are easier to acquire over the internet than they are through local street drug dealers. Parents need to recognize that their children have access to recreational drugs via the internet whether they live in the inner city, the suburbs or in a small town far from a street drug dealer.
The Dangers! - You do not know what you are getting! A website may look legitimate and sophisticated but it may sell counterfeit drugs that look exactly like real FDA-approved ones. Unregulated drugs may be manufactured in laboratories or processing facilities that have inadequate control standard - the pills may have inconsistent formulation, be too weak, too strong or contain substitute or harmful additives - labeling may be inadequate, incorrect or may not list important drug interaction warnings. You could die! Some already have.
What to look out for : 1) Do not buy from websites that do not require proof that you have a doctor's prescription 2) Do not buy from sites that are not affiliated with a pharmacy that is licensed by a State Board of Pharmacy. Medications purchased from sources other than state licensed pharmacies may be at worst unsafe or at least ineffective. You can visit www.napb.info for a state board contact list 3) Do not purchase medicines that are not prescribed to you by your own doctor. Dosages, drug interactions and other suitability issues must be considered carefully. A medicine that helps one patient could kill another 4) If you do order from the internet, before taking any medication purchased, carefully examine the packaging and the drugs appearance- color, texture and shape - if it looks different from what you normally take, discard it. If it tastes different -spit it out! You may have saved a few bucks but is it worth the risk. If you are a teenager taking the internet purchase to get high - you are literally playing Russian Roulette.
Beware of your selections from the "Internet Drug Candy Store". The taste may not be so sweet!
From The Candy Store
As a young child often one's fondest memory is entering the candy store or the candy aisle of a grocery store. Bright colored packages abound. The choices seem to be endless.
In Vermont, there are towns with true old fashioned candy stores. Wood plank flooring, maybe a scattering of saw dust, even the occasional pickle barrel! A delightful world filled with choices and choices and choices.
Would it suprise you to find out that the number one choice of candy and candy flavors is not chocolate, but... vanilla! It's true as unbelievable as it sounds.
Think of all the possibilities staring a child literal face to face since many counters are conveniently put at not adult height, but child hand height. There's a reason for this, ye old marketing tactic!
Imagine now a candy store counter, child and adult height, filled not with sugar-laden, teeth-decaying, calorie-engourging sweets, but your choice of the finest in sugarless candy and chocolate selections. Is this the dream of a sci-fi movie? No it is not. Nowadays we do have choices - and as time evolves (and rapidly) those choices are ensuring our choice of sugarfree or sugarless no longer means having to accept unappealing flavors and the byproducts of the "sugarless" product. Sweetners are making huge headway. Consumers can find delight in allowing themselves to choose sugarless candy based on pure taste alone. For those that begrudgingly have chosen the sugarfree sweet while gazing longingly at fat-inducing fancies have the satisfaction of full flavor without the rapid waistline growth.
All sorts of artificial sweetners are available on the market today. Unfortunately behind-the-scenes knowledge of these sweetners are never fully revealed to the public. You are most likely aware of just how many articifical sweetners never hold up and are pulled from grocery shelves. Sugar alcohols, the next step beyond, actually build in the blood and, for many, produce unfortunate (and embarassing) side effects.
Watching our waistlines means researching into the best healthy snack choices for ourselves. Read labels, make wise decisions.
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