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Abstract: 

For five years, the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University has been tracking the availability of controlled prescription drugs over the Internet. This work is designed to examine the online availability of dangerous and addictive prescription opioids like OxyContin® and Vicodin®, depressants like Valium® and Xanax®, and stimulants like Ritalin® and Adderall®. is a snapshot of Internet access to these drugs. Each analysis was conducted in the first quarter of the year and involved 210 hours of staff time devoted to searching the web for sites that advertise or offer for sale controlled prescription drugs. As a result, CASA now has five years of trend data that are included in this report.

Keywords: National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA); OxyContin®; Vicodin ®; Valium®; Xanax®; Ritalin®; Adderall®;

Affiliations:  1: Columbia University’s National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA).