The Internet Drug Bazaar presentation

1. The Internet Drug
Bazaar
IT361
By : Norah Al
Showiman

2. INTRODUCTION
• In today's rapidly changing world of e-
commerce, almost anything can be bought
over the Internet and delivered right to your
front door .
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Prescription
medication
Prescription
medication
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Consult with
a physician
Consult with
a physician

3. INTRODUCTION
• The availability of medication over the Internet
presents a vexing and complex challenge to
state and federal agencies charged with
enforcing drug laws.
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4. The Internet Drug Bazaar
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5. INTRODUCTION
• This problem has recently led to the
Commerce Committee of the U.S. House hold
hearings on the subject in an effort to
understand what is involved with this new
type of medicine.
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6. The Internet Drug Bazaar
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7. The Internet Drug Bazaar
• These are just two examples of an illegal
Internet pharmacies distributing drugs such
as Ritalin, Xanax, Vicodin, and other highly
addictive drugs.
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8. The Internet Drug Bazaar
• The International Narcotics Control Board, a
U.N. narcotics watchdog agency.
• Trafficking in illegal prescription drugs now
equals or exceeds the sale of heroin,
cocaine, and amphetamines.
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9. The Internet Drug Bazaar
• 8 percent of the bulk drugs imported into the
United States in 2010 are counterfeit or
substandard.
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10. The dangers :
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The Internet Drug Bazaar

11. The Internet Drug Bazaar
• MarkMonitor, a company specializing in
online brand protection.
• A Google search on “drugs no prescription"
returns over 16 million results.
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12. The Internet Drug Bazaar
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13. The Internet Drug Bazaar
• The FDA has issued warnings that a number
of consumers who had purchased ambien,
Xanax, and Lexapro online from several
different web sites.
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14. The Internet Drug Bazaar
• In 2009, the FDA issued a warning to these
firms that their search engine ads violated
laws that required them to clearly State the
risks of drugs they are marketing.
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15. The Internet Drug Bazaar
• Online pharmacies remain alluring and are
one of the fastest growing business models.
• The main attraction of online drug sites is
price. such as Canada, the United Kingdom,
and European countries, as well as India and
Mexico.
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16. The Internet Drug Bazaar
• In September 2010, Cengress planned to
meet with ICANN, the manager of the
Internet’s domain name system, to discuss
ways to identify and crack down on online
pharmacies.
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17. The Internet Drug Bazaar
• The food and drug administration
recommends that consumers look for the
national association of boards of pharmacy
(NABP) verified internet pharmacy practices
sites (VIPPS) seal.
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18. The Internet Drug Bazaar
• So far,23 major Internet pharmacies have
signed on, including Drugstore.com,
Caremark.com, CVS.com, walgreens.com,
and many other U.S.
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The Internet Drug Bazaar

20. Advices :
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21. References :
• http://jtlp.org/vol5/issue2/medicine.html
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22. The End 
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