<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Pharmaceuticals</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/health/specials/pharmaceuticals?nav=rss_health/specials/pharmaceuticals</link><description>Pharmaceuticals</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Prescription Drug System Under Attack]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44908-2003Oct18.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pharmaceuticals</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44908-2003Oct18.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pharmaceuticals</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:01:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><author> Gilbert M. Gaul and Mary Pat Flaherty</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Internet Trafficking in Narcotics Has Surged]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50567-2003Oct19.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pharmaceuticals</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50567-2003Oct19.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pharmaceuticals</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:01:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><author> Gilbert M. Gaul and Mary Pat Flaherty</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doctors Medicate Strangers on Web]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55845-2003Oct20.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pharmaceuticals</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55845-2003Oct20.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pharmaceuticals</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:01:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><author> Gilbert M. Gaul    and Mary Pat Flaherty</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminals Invade the Supply Chain]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61473-2003Oct21.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pharmaceuticals</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61473-2003Oct21.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pharmaceuticals</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:01:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><author> Mary Pat Flaherty  and Gilbert M. Gaul</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Millions Look Outside U.S. for Drugs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2883-2003Oct22.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pharmaceuticals</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2883-2003Oct22.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pharmaceuticals</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:01:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><author> Mary Pat Flaherty   and Gilbert M. Gaul</author></item></channel></rss>