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Dark web for Prozac

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vened in threads, urging users to consult a doctor urgently. But the students’ discussion­s revealed a vulnerable – and lucrative – market of young adults for the drug dealers to profit from.

A year’s supply of the he pills we bought for 83p each on the dark web would cost £30000 while a 12- month NHS HS prescripti­on charge iss £104 – a third less.

One student was so desperate he said he was prepared to buy pills online despite knowingg they could be fake.

He wrote: “If I don’tt get these drugs then I’m goingoing to buy them from some onlineli pharmacyh which will 90 per cent chance be a scam.”

Tragically, some students said their experience of treatment on the NHS had put them off seeing a doctor.

One revealed: “I did try counsellin­g a long time ago but it was awful and condescend­ing. I’m not sure it really was even counsellin­g, just some cheap crap the NHS sent me on.” Another said their GP “referred me to CAMHS, Children and Adolescent Mental Hea Health Services, which are absolut absolutely horrendous. “A “All they seem to be co concerned about is whether o or not you want to kill y yourself.” Celebritie­s including Kerry Katona and Ulrika J Jonsson have spoken a about the benefits of takingta Prozac. It is thought to work by increa increasing the brain’s level of serotonini – the so- called happy chemical. Latest NHS figures show it is prescribed 61million times a year by doctors, who must closely monitor patients’ reactions.

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