FDA Wants Tech Companies To Help Shut Down Opioid Sales

NextGov: The Federal Drug Administration wants tech and social media companies, including Facebook and Twitter, to play a role in overcoming the opioid epidemic.

FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb gave a speech at the National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit on Thursday to discuss the issue, Engadget reported.

During his speech, Gottlieb said the FDA has found offers to purchase opioids and other drugs across the web including on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Google, Yahoo and Bing. The purchasing process was easy, and the opioids were usually paid for using cryptocurrency and shipped using international mail.

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