Non-medical use of highly addictive prescription drugs, like Vicodin and Oxycontin, by adolescents is a growing threat. At the same time, the number of pharmacies that illegally sell these drugs without prescription over the internet is rapidly increasing.

   This website is a resource for learning more about abuse of prescription drugs and the internet’s role as a supplier of these drugs. You will find information about domestic and international responses to these problems as well as an innovative public-private collaboration that aims to Keep Internet Neighborhoods Safe (KINS). Since 2005, a group of distinguished private businessmen and key government officials have discussed new strategies to curtail illegal internet sales of addictive drugs to young people.