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Francine Haight found her son Ryan dead in his bedroom. He overdosed on drugs he had bought online. (Fred Greaves - For The Washington Post)
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		^____Video^____ • Prescription Drugs Sold South of the Border: Millions of Americans seek inexpensive prescription drugs in Mexican pharmacies. Competition among Mexican "farmacias" has increased and U.S. Customs inspectors are on the front lines of an effort to control the influx of controlled substances prescriptions. • Overdosing Online: Francine Haight of Laguna Niguel, Calif., talks about the death of her son, Ryan, who died of a prescription drug overdose on Feb. 12, 2001. Without seeing a doctor, Ryan Haight son obtained prescriptions online for hydrocodone and other controlled substances and had them delivered to the family's home for recreational use. • Reporters Mary Pat Flaherty and Gil Gaul Discusses their series on prescription drugs. (MSNBC) • Flaherty discusses the internet's popularity as a pharmaceutical pipeline (MSNBC) ^____Live Discussions^____ • Attorney Robert Penezic discussed the purchase of drugs on the Internet. • Message Boards ^____Graphics^____ • How Drugs Get to You • The New Narcotics Pipeline • Main Street Mark-Ups • Case Files: Drs. Bryson, Dale and Opsahl • Counting Counterfeits • Finding the Fakes • Cross-Border Drugs ^_____Documents (PDF)^_____ • New Jersey Board of Consumer Affairs vs. The Pillbox Pharmacy, Ernesto Cantu M.D., et al. • Texas Complaint Against Ernesto Cantu. • Search Warrant and Affidavit for Search of Ernesto Cantu's Residence • Arrest Report and Plea of Ernesto Cantu. • Consent Agreement and Order for Surrender of License, Allen L. Browne • Recommendation to Revoke Medical License of David L. Bryson. • Final Order Revoking Medical License of David L. Bryson. • June 5, 2002, Deposition of Marvin Gibbs. • Feb. 12, 2003, Deposition of Marvin Gibbs. • Application for Pharmacy License for Prescriptiononline.com • Florida Indictment of Michael Carlow and 17 Others for Fraud and Racketeering • Nevada State Board of Pharmacy v. Prescriptiononline.com et.al.: Notice of Intended Action and Accusation • Letters Exchanged Between the Nevada State Board of Pharmacy and Sherwood N. Cook, Attorney for Prescriptiononline.com • Stipluation and Agreement Between Nevada State Board of Pharmacy and Prescriptiononline.com • Warrant for the Seizure of Robert W. Sutton's Bank Account • Fine and Permit Revocation of Pharmaceuticals Southwest Inc. by the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy ^_____About This Series^_____ The series identifying and documenting the shadow market for prescription drugs resulted from a yearlong investigation by two Washington Post reporters that included more than 500 interviews and the analysis of 100,000 pages of court filings, regulatory cases, investigative reports and computer records. Read More....

Part 1:
A Vast, Unregulated Shadow Market
Prescription Drug System Under Attack
Americans once had the world's safest system for distributing prescription drugs, but now that system is undercut by a growing illegal trade in pharmaceuticals.
• Clan Led From Riches to Prison
• Higher Prices, More Compromises
• Md. Salesman Fell Into Shadow
• Web Only: Profits in Market's Flaws

Part 2:
How the Internet Became a Pipeline for Deadly Drugs
Internet Trafficking in Narcotics Has Surged
The Internet has become a pipeline for narcotics and other deadly drugs. Customers can pick from a vast array of painkillers, antidepressants, stimulants and steroids with few controls and virtually no medical monitoring.
• Internet Case Studies
• Web Only: Couple's Internet Ride Ends Behind Bars
• First Day's Stories

Part 3:
Dangerous Doctors Online
Doctors Medicate Strangers on Web
Across America, doctors beset by troubled histories work for rogue Internet pharmacies, grinding out tens of thousands of prescriptions each year for narcotics and other controlled substances.
• Experimentation Turns Deadly
• Web Doctor Says He Did No Harm
• Victim Profiles
• Web Only:Internet Doctor Awaits Sentencing
• Video: Overdosing Online

Part 4 :
The Shadow Market & Counterfeit Drugs
Criminals Invade the Supply Chain
At a time when more Americans are relying on medication, their chances of receiving a drug that is fake, diluted or mislabeled has never been so great.
• Medicaid Is Start of Drug Resale Trail
• Nevada Gets Tough, With Mixed Results

Part 5:
Our Porous Borders With Mexico and Canada
Millions Look Outside U.S. for Drugs
Mexico, Canada and other countries have become the discount pharmacies for many Americans, those looking simply to save money as well as the uninsured struggling to pay for their medications.
• Canada Used as Discount Pharmacy
• Video: Drugs Sold South of Border
• Web Only:Border Cases

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