Statement by Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Chairman and Founder, The National Center on...

Statement by Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Chairman and Founder, The National
Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University and Former U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, on New Report by the National
Association of Boards of Pharmacy

NEW YORK, May 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Center on Addiction
and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University commends the National
Association of Boards of Pharmacy(R) (NABP(R)) for its report State of the
Internet: NABP Position Paper on the Continued Proliferation of Rogue Internet
Drug Outlets. This report builds and expands on previous work by both NABP(R)
and CASA through its "You've Got Drugs!": Prescription Drug Pushers on the
Internet series. The NABP(R) report is an important contribution to our
understanding of illegal trafficking of prescription drugs on the Internet and
the risk such trafficking poses to all Americans, particularly our children.
The continued online sale of these drugs in violation of U.S. law underscores
the enormous importance of full and immediate implementation of the Ryan
Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act.

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SOURCE The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at
Columbia University

Sulaiman Beg of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at
Columbia University, +1-212-841-5213, sbeg@casacolumbia.org