Unregulated sale of prescription sedatives online
Media and Sport received 2 coroners' reports about this hazard between 21 Dec 2023 and 23 Apr 2025.
They came from 2 different coroners in 2 coroner areas. A similar concern was raised again 1 time after the first warning.
A published response was found for 1 of the 1 earlier reports, stating 1 specific action.
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“The evidence revealed that from at least 2019, [name redacted] had regularly accessed websites specifically aimed at selling prescription-only medications (predominantly medications with a sedative effect) that allowed repeat orders on the same day and did not require a prescription.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Media and Sport responded, stating 1 specific action.Response (PDF) ↗
“The MHRA has a dedicated Criminal Enforcement Unit (CEU) that works with partners across government and policing to prevent and disrupt this illegal trade and to bring to justice those involved.”
- 1 year 4 months laterClosely relatedConfidence 0.85 · higha different coroner
“(1) There are unregulated and unlawful websites offering prescription only medicines and controlled drugs, which look legitimate and are found easily from simple online searches; and these sites give rise to the following points (2) to (6)”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Repeated from the earlier report:websitesprescription
Media and Sport responded.Response (PDF) ↗Response (PDF) ↗
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Each row is one judged link between an earlier and a later report. Open a row to read both quotes, found word for word in the originals.
2023 → 2025Christopher Brazil1 year 4 months after Kimberley Liu · different coronerClosely relatedConfidence 0.85 · high
Closely relatedConfidence 0.85 · highBoth reports highlight the danger of unregulated websites that sell prescription‑only medicines without proper checks. The earlier report focuses on specific sites selling sedative tablets via WhatsApp, while the later report describes the broader problem of such sites enabling unsafe access.
Kimberley Liu · 21 Dec 2023
“The evidence revealed that from at least 2019, [name redacted] had regularly accessed websites specifically aimed at selling prescription-only medications (predominantly medications with a sedative effect) that allowed repeat orders on the same day and did not require a prescription.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Christopher Brazil · 23 Apr 2025
“(1) There are unregulated and unlawful websites offering prescription only medicines and controlled drugs, which look legitimate and are found easily from simple online searches; and these sites give rise to the following points (2) to (6)”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗
Stated action
“The MHRA has a dedicated Criminal Enforcement Unit (CEU) that works with partners across government and policing to prevent and disrupt this illegal trade and to bring to justice those involved.”
No specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.
No specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.
- Each report's concerns were extracted by Nemotron 3 Nano on Nebius Token Factory, each with a quote copied from the report.
- Concerns from reports to Media and Sport at least six months apart were compared by meaning (Qwen3 embeddings) and wording (TF-IDF).
- The closest pairs were judged by Nemotron 3 Super with reasoning on. Only identical or closely related, with confidence of at least 0.70, are shown.
- Every quote was checked by code as an exact substring of the original text. Names of staff and family are redacted, and the deceased are named by report title only.
| Link | Meaning | Wording | Judge | Coroner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 → 2025 | 0.73 | 0.14 | Closely related · 0.85 | different |
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