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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Whittaker

Warning over ‘wild west’ of weight-loss drugs on black market: ‘We can’t arrest our way out of this’

Regulators have warned the public is “at risk” and people need to be educated due to the rapidly growing black market for weight-loss drugs and illegally traded medicines.

More than 1.5 million people in the UK use the medication, but as popularity soars for these so-called miracle drugs, so has the criminal availability of them.

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