DEA Cracks Down on Illegal Web Sales of Narcotics
Courtesy Linda Surks
A year and a half ago, Jason Surks, 19, died from an overdose of prescription drugs purchased from a Web site based in Mexico that was illegally selling the drugs.
The Drug Enforcement Administration is increasing its scrutiny of illegal online pharmacies that sell narcotics without prescriptions. In April, the DEA announced the arrests of more than 20 people in Operation Cyber Chase, which shut down a drug ring that reached from India to the United States and a string of other countries.
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