- More than 200 people have died in the UK after taking Xanax or a fake version of it since 2015, figures have revealed.The drug is used to treat anxiety in the US - although not available on the NHS, private doctors can prescribe it in Britain and it is sold illegally.More than half of the 204 deaths to which Xanax has been linked have been in Scotland - 126 happened in the country between 2015 and 2017.And more than £1million worth of fake versions of the drug has been confiscated by UK border forces in the past three years. Xanax, designed to treat anxiety and panic attacks and prescribed in the US, is not available on the NHS but can be bought illegally in the UK, where it is a class C drugCounterfeit Xanax can be mixed with other drugs and chemicals, making it potentially deadly, the reports.The company which invented the drug, Pfizer, said it was 'alarmed' by the rise of fake versions of the drug, although it isn't clear how big click the next site rise is.It warned Xanax - known as ALPRAZOLAM Overnight COD Delivery - 'should only be used as prescribed by and under the supervision of a qualified healthcare practitioner'. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Family of a four-year-old cystic fibrosis sufferer are... BBC 5 Live presenter tells young men to ‘check yourself... Student, 20, sweats 10 TIMES more than the average person... Twins battling rare condition undergo life-saving surgery in...
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But the pills, which are a class C drug in the UK alongside anabolic steroids and benzodiazepines, https://www.buy1on1.com/user/profile/2411436 can be bought on the dark web.British law stipulates possession of class C drugs (except steroids) carries a maximum two-year prison sentence, while selling them could result in 14 years in jail.Some 35 people died between 2015 and 2018 in England and Wales because of Xanax, along with 43 people in Northern Ireland between 2015 and 2017.The police in Northern Ireland say counterfeit Xanaz is their third most seized drug and was linked to a quarter of all drug deaths in the country in 2018.They confiscate more Xanax than they do heroin or ecstasy, DCI David Henderson told the BBC.
