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【drug-news】英特网: 犹如药厂的糖果店
The Internet: A Pharmaceutical Candy Store
--Teens Are Dying From Overdoses Of Legal Drugs, Bought Illegally Online
选自CBS 夜间新闻
CBS) Like a lot of parents, Francine Haight didn't realize what her 17-year-old son, Ryan, was doing on the Internet.
“I found Ryan in his bed lifeless,” Haight testified during a Senate hearing on the subject.
Ryan died from an overdose of Vicodin and Valium, drugs he purchased online with a credit card and a story, reports CBS News correspondent Wyatt Andrews.
“He had said he was 21. He said he had been in a car accident and had back pain,” said Haight.
In some alarming testimony before the Senate, experts described illegal Internet drug sales as the next American epidemic.
A Columbia University report counted 187 Web sites actively selling painkillers such as OxyContin and Vicodin. Eighty-four percent did not require a prescription, and none of the sites asked if the buyer was a child.
“The Internet has become a pharmaceutical candy store — offering a high to any kid with a credit card at the click of mouse,” Joseph Califano of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, told the Senate panel.
“Every year, just OxyContin and Vicodin are going to more than a half a million high school students,” said Philip Heymann of Harvard Law School.
Parts of the hearing got heated when Senators asked the Drug Enforcement Administration how to attack the problem, and the DEA representative had no new proposals.
“I don't know what's wrong with the DEA,” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.
“We’re not prepared to make a recommendation of a specific measure,” said the DEA’s Joseph T. Rannazzisi.
Asked when he would be, Rannazzisi said, “I can’t give you an answer right now.”
But the panel did offer ideas: Have Internet providers allow parents to block access to prescription drug Web sites, and ask the credit card companies not to process payments to what are called rogue Web sites known to law enforcement.
“Suppose you couldn't pay for it with your credit card? Suppose you had to get cash or write a check. That wouldn't prevent it, but it would be harder to do,” says Dr. Thomas McLellan, a University of Pennsylvania psychiatrist specializing in drug abuse treatment.
Fixing the online drug problem will be tough, because most online sellers and Web sites have gone overseas. And Congress — just like the DEA — is just now focusing on that. 本人已认领该文编译，48小时后若未提交译文，请其他战友自由认领。 请将文章大意整理编译出来，这个故事似乎有点乱，并注意译后文中应使用中文标点符号，而非英文标点。此外，注意正确使用认领语。 The Internet: A Pharmaceutical Candy Store
--Teens Are Dying From Overdoses Of Legal Drugs, Bought Illegally Online
英特网：一个制造药品的糖果店
--青少年正因过量的使用在网上非法购买的合法药物而死亡
选自CBS 夜间新闻
（CBS) Like a lot of parents, Francine Haight didn't realize what her 17-year-old son, Ryan, was doing on the Internet.
（CBS) 像很多家长一样，Francine Haight并不知道她17岁的儿子Ryan在互联网上做什么。
“I found Ryan in his bed lifeless,” Haight testified during a Senate hearing on the subject.
Haight在美国参议院针对此事的听证会上作证时说，“我发现Ryan躺在床上，断气了。”
Ryan died from an overdose of Vicodin and Valium, drugs he purchased online with a credit card and a story, reports CBS News correspondent Wyatt Andrews.
据CBS新闻通讯员Wyatt Andrews报导，Ryan死于服用了过量的Vicodin及 Valium，而这些药物是他在网上用信用卡和一个故事而购买到的。
“He had said he was 21. He said he had been in a car accident and had back pain,” said Haight.
Haight说：“他说他现年21岁，并说曾遭遇一场车祸，因此背部疼痛。”
In some alarming testimony before the Senate, experts described illegal Internet drug sales as the next American epidemic.
在对参议院的令人担忧的证词中，专家将互联网上的非法药品销售描述为下一次的美国流行病。
A Columbia University report counted 187 Web sites actively selling painkillers such as OxyContin and Vicodin. Eighty-four percent did not require a prescription, and none of the sites asked if the buyer was a child.
据哥伦比亚大学的一份报告显示，共有187个网站正在积极推销如OxyContin和Vicodin之类的止痛药。其中84％不需要处方，且没有一个网站询问买方是否还是儿童。
“The Internet has become a pharmaceutical candy store — offering a high to any kid with a credit card at the click of mouse,” Joseph Califano of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, told the Senate panel.
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