| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Illegal
UK. Tens of millions of prescription drugs on the black market
UK. Tens of millions of prescription drugs on the black market
Criminal gangs have smuggled tens of millions of prescription-only drugs out of the UK's protected supply chain, a BBC File on 4 programme has discovered.
They tricked or bribed pharmacists and drug wholesalers to access almost 160 million tablets with a street value of up to £200m over a three-year period.
Misuse of these anxiety and insomnia drugs is a serious public health concern, the medicines regulator says. (BBC, 30.01.2018)