Re: Bush: Stop Online Drug Sales

Go, Freaking! figure... sigh, what won't the idiot try and screw up, sheee,
never mind, list way to long...

"Juba" <juba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush on Saturday urged Congress to pass
legislation aimed at ending illegal sales of highly addictive prescription
drugs on the Internet, citing a growing number of fatal overdoses.

Bush used his weekly radio address to highlight his administration's 2008
national drug control strategy, which the White House released Saturday.
The strategy seeks a 10 percent cut in youth drug use with continued
interdiction efforts such as random student drug testing, community
outreach and screening and prevention at doctors' offices.

The president said that while an estimated 860,000 fewer young people are
using drugs today than in 2001, the abuse of prescription drugs persists.

"Unfortunately, many young Americans do not understand how dangerous
abusing medication can be, and in recent years, the number of Americans
who have died from prescription drug overdoses has increased," Bush said.
The White House released the address Saturday while Bush spent the weekend
at his Texas ranch.

One factor behind the trend is the availability of highly addictive
prescription drugs on the Internet, he said.

"The Internet has brought about tremendous benefits for those who cannot
easily get to a pharmacy in person," Bush said. "However, it has also
created an opportunity for unscrupulous doctors and pharmacists to profit
from addiction."

Bush's drug policy adviser, John Walters, said the government is now
focusing its "supply, demand and prevention policies with the goal of
seeing the same reductions that we have achieved for illegal `street'
drugs."

A measure passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee last September seeks to
stem the abuse of prescription drugs via the Internet. It requires that
doctor meet with patients in person before prescribing medication and
stiffens penalties for those who violate the rules. The bill awaits full
Senate consideration.

"The damage can be done on a wide scale by a relatively small number of
criminal actors here," Walters said. He mentioned cases of "rogue"
Internet pharmacies that often do not require prescriptions or allow
prescriptions to be faxed, making it easier for customers to forge
documents or use it at multiple pharmacies.

"Our real task is to follow through," he said of the Senate legislation.

Among the other goals outlined in the report:

_reduced diversion of prescription drugs and methamphetamine precursors.

_declines in Andean cocaine production and Afghan opium poppy production.

_reduced flow of illegal drugs across the border with Mexico.

_declines in domestic production and use of marijuana.


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Juba
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