Pharmacy chiefs take on online drugs trade

PHARMACY regulators are setting up a task force to combat the menace of medicines available over the internet following an Irish Examiner investigation.

The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI) yesterday announced the measure after investigating how the newspaper easily obtained prescription drugs in the post from rogue internet sites abroad.

In April, the Irish Examiner published the results of a two-month investigation into the online drugs trade after ordering and receiving 10 popular medicines — without a legal prescription or even seeing a doctor.