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>Coroner calls for internet drug sales regulation >By Danielle Demetriou >07 August 2003 > > >The Government was urged yesterday to monitor the >availability of prescription drugs on the internet >after the suicide of a university graduate. > >Liam Brackell, 24, became dependent on prescription >drugs, such as opiates and antidepressants, after >ordering them online. > >At one point, he received 300 antidepressant tablets >in the post every day at his home in Wanstead, east >London, and by the time of his death he had tried 23 >different types of prescription drugs. > >Yesterday, a coroner at his inquest said she would >urge the Government to examine the availability of >prescription drugs. > >After a jury returned a verdict that Mr Brackell had >killed himself while suffering from a depressive >illness, Elizabeth Stearns, the coroner, told >Walthamstow Coroner's Court: "These substances >obviously had a dire effect on his medical health. I >shall approach the Government and bring this report to >their attention." > >The inquest heard Mr Brackell took drugs, such as >ecstasy, cannabis and magic mushrooms, to "make him >feel better about himself", while at Durham university. > >Last summer, Mr Brackell was diagnosed with "drug >induced psychosis" after running in front of a bus. On >7 June he killed himself by walking in front of an >incoming train at Manor Park tube station, in east >London. > >Speaking after the inquest, Sue Brackell, his mother, >urged the Government to investigate the lack of >regulation of drug-buying on the internet. > >Mr Brackell purchased the drugs from foreign websites, >therefore they were not monitored by the UK-based >Medicines and Health Care Products Regulatory Agency.

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