Columbia U. Study Used To Push Internet Drug Bill
Sen. Dianne Feinstein is using a new Columbia University report to advocate for legislation she sponsored that is aimed at stopping Internet pharmacies that sell controlled substances without a valid prescription. The Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse study, which the California Democrat cited in a Wednesday press release, found 365 Web sites that advertise or offer to sell controlled substances -- 85 percent of which do not require prescriptions. The Senate passed her bill on April 1 but the House has yet to act.
Although only 11 percent of prescriptions written from storefront pharmacies are for controlled substances, 95 percent of drugs sold through Internet pharmacies are for controlled substances, the report found. "This report further emphasizes the need to take immediate action to stop rogue pharmacies on the Internet," Feinstein said. She and Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., introduced the bill after learning about the death of a California teenager who died after overdosing on a mixture of pills he obtained online.
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