April 21, 2016

Illicit Online Pharmacies and Twitter with Tim Mackey

24 minutes

On this Illicit Online Pharmacy Episode of the Digital Parent Podcast we were joined by Dr. Timothy Mackey who is the Director of the Global Health Policy Institute. Dr. Mackey joined the podcast to discuss his co-authored study in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, "Establishing a Link Between Prescription Drug Abuse and Illicit Online Pharmacies: Analysis of Twitter Data." Tim walks through the various ways illicit online pharmacies utilize twitter to target teens for illegal prescription drugs. Tim discusses the high number of prescription drug abuse by young adolescence and the online methods they use to purchase drugs. Tim and I get into a detail discussion on how the Dark Net through Tor Internet browser is a gateway to teens buying drugs from illicit online pharmacies.

Some Questions I Asked Tim about Illicit Online Pharmacies:

How are Illegal Pharmacies Targeting Kids Through Twitter

What are the Dangers and Risks of Illegal Online Pharmacies

Are Kids also Turning to Social Media for Illegal Vape Oils

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

How to Determine if Your Teen is Purchasing Online Drugs

How Teens are using Poly Drugs

How the Dark Net and Tor Browsers are used by Teens

How some Hip Hop music promote prescription drug abuse

How Prescription Drug Abuse lead to Heroin

Steps To Prevent Your Child from Purchasing Online Drugs

Links Tim Mentioned During this Podcast

You Can Keep Up with the Latest Drug Research Here

The Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies ASOP

The Dark Web or Dark Net Here

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