Clinic opens to help teens hooked on illegal pills bought online

Self-medication is on the rise – and troubled users finally have a place to turn

Inside the UK’s first clinic dedicated to tackling the consequences of the spiralling use for medicines bought illegally on the internet, Dr Owen Bowden-Jones is outlining his plans.

He is opening what is thought to be the country’s first facility aimed at people experiencing problems resulting from medication they have sourced online. The service launches on Monday amid growing concern about addiction to such drugs: last week the government ordered Public Health England to examine why one in 11 patients was prescribed an addictive medicine last year, including benzodiazepines and opiods.

Continue reading... January 28, 2018 at 03:30AM