However, De Volkskrant's week-long investigation revealed that addictive prescription drugs, including opiates, painkillers, muscle relaxants, diet pills and anti-impotency drugs, are easily available on the internet. All it took was a few clicks and the pills were in the post. It is illegal for private individuals or companies to sell prescription drugs to private individuals under the new laws but there are countless adverts on popular Dutch buy/sell/trade websites.The Health Care Inspectorate (IGZ) appears to be completely powerless to stop the illegal trade. Shortly after the laws were passed, the IGZ called on the websites to stop carrying the ads but the organisation's monitoring of the sites appears to be rather lax. A spokesperson for one site says, "The ads are placed much faster than we can take them off".
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