thais help us stem internet sales of medicines do you think this article will be about encouraging...

Thais help US stem Internet sales of medicines

• Do you think this article will be about encouraging or controlling the sale of medicines on the Internet?

• What are the disadvantages of making medicines available on the Internet.

Thais help US stem Internet sales of medicines

Para 1: -US shutdown web sites.-Thais+Americansarrested

Para 2:-US + Thaicooperate-Raids in Thailand

Para 3: -Thaioperation = model-Concern inMexico, Britain,…

Para 4: -Clintonurges to regulate-foreign = biggerproblem

Para 5: -1999= 4.5times moreseizures.-2,600 fromThailand

Para 6: -VitalityHealth Products.-U.S. interceptedmany shipments

Para.7: - Vitality =many products.-discreetly packed.

Para 8: -HowVitality filledorders/deceived.

Para 9: -illegal-dangerous-no supervision

However, many people have started to purchase these drugs by e-mail, from pharmacies and dispensaries either in America or in (50).










However, many people have started to purchase these drugs by e-mail, from pharmacies and dispensaries either in America or in (50).

• Paragraph 1 or 3.

• Our first instinct might be “Thailand” but this is not possible since there are 2 blanks.

• Para.1:“U.S. gvt. Officials recently shut down foreign Web-sites involved in … selling cheap medicines.”

• Middle of para. 3: “… cooperation with law-enforcement agencies in other countries which have online pharmacies.”

• (50) other/foreign countries










In response, the US President has supported moves to (51) Internet drug sales by US pharmacies or dispensaries.


• Paragraph 4• “In December 1999,

President Clinton urged Congress to regulate the sale of drugs over the Internet”

• (51) regulate

However, he has not addressed the potentially (52) of overseas suppliers, who may supply such drugs.










However, he has not addressed the potentially (52) of overseas suppliers, who may supply such drugs.

• Paragraph 4• “However, Mr.

Clinton did not say what he would do about foreign online pharmacies, which may pose bigger problems …”

Easy. Copy from Version 1

(52) Bigger problem/problems










This kind of illegal activity has led to the coining of a new term: “(53)”.

This kind of illegal activity has led to the coining of a new term: “(53)”.

• Difficult to find – para. 6

• “Investigators at the US Customs Service report that the agency intercepted many drug shipments … in the war on ‘cybersmuggling’”.

• One of the uses of quotation marks is to identify words that are made-up and don’t really exist.

• (53) cybersmuggling










They are very (54) with the cooperation they have received from Thai authorities.

They are very (54) with the cooperation they have received from Thai authorities.

• Paragraph 2• “American officials

say they alerted Thai authorities to the problem and received excellent cooperation from Thai narcotics officers and police officers, …

• “They are very” tells us that we are probably looking for a word which will describe how they felt.

• The cooperation was excellent so how do you think they felt?

• (54) pleased/happy/ etc.










Six US customers of a Thai online pharmacy have (55). Customs … do not regard these buyers as (56) but say that they know they are acting illegally.


• (55)• Paragraph 1.• “Six people were

arrested in the US for buying products from a Thai online pharmacy.”

• Paragraph 9: “…investigators arrested at least six people who had bought drugs from Vitality.”

• Version 1 uses the simple past, but “have” indicates that we’re using the present perfect in Version 2.

• (55) been arrested.


• (56)• Paragraph 9• “These are not major

smugglers, but they generally know that what they’re doing is illegal …”

• Both version are quite similar.

• (56) major smugglers










Other US Government action has included (57) overseas Web-sites supplying these products.

Other US Government action has included (57) overseas Web-sites supplying these products.

• Paragraph 1

• “US Government officials recently shut down foreign Web-sites involved in … selling cheap medicines and prescription drugs over the Internet …”

• Version 2 can be confusing because it makes it sound like the US Gvt. Likes overseas Web-sites supplying these products.

• What have they done to fight these Web-sites?

• (57) shut down










They have carried out (58) on a number of (59) and (60) and arrested more than twenty people.

They have carried out (58) on a number of (59) and (60) and arrested more than twenty people.

• Paragraph 2• “American and Thai

officials say they raided offices and warehouses used by online pharmacies in Bangkok …”

• (58) must be a noun.• “on a number” is a

clue that everything will be plural.

• (58) raids• (59) offices• (60) warehouses










They (61) computers, drug orders about to be mailed to the US, and millions of (62) of pharmaceutical products.

They (61) computers, drug orders about to be mailed to the US, and millions of (62) of pharmaceutical products.

• Paragraph 2• “They seized 20

computers, 245 parcels ready for shipment to the United States and more than 2.5 million doses of drug products”.

• What did they do to the computers and drug orders?

• (61) seized• 2.5 million = millions• Drug products =

pharmaceutical products

• (62) doses










A major (63) of the Thai-US operation was Vitality, a company which offered cures for a wide variety of problems, …

A major (63) of the Thai-US operation was Vitality, a company which offered cures for a wide variety of problems, …

• Paragraph 6• “One of the main

targets of the Thai raids was a Bangkok company called Vitality Health Products …”

• One of the main = a major

• “One of ” presupposes that there are many.

• We need to use the singular in Version 2.

• (63) target










Vitality appeared (64) its drugs from a legitimate pharmacy.

Vitality appeared (64) its drugs from a legitimate pharmacy.

• Paragraph 8• “… Vitality filled

Internet orders with drugs which they obtained from what appeared to be a legitimate pharmacy in Bangkok.”

• “appeared” will be followed by to-infinitive.

• (64) to obtain










However, the (65) they used was clearly designed to avoid detection by law-enforcement officials.

However, the (65) they used was clearly designed to avoid detection by law-enforcement officials.

• Paragraph 8• “This packaging is

without a doubt intended to deceive the authorities.”

• Deceive the authorities = avoid detection by law-enforcement

• (65) packaging










Without the (66) of doctors, people may take unsafe combinations of drugs.”

Without the (66) of doctors, people may take unsafe combinations of drugs.”

• Paragraph 9• “… some of Vitality’s

customers were taking dangerous combinations of drugs without a doctors supervision.”

• Easy. Both versions are quite similar.

• (66) supervision










The drugs may also be dangerous because the (67) in some overseas pharmacies is not strict enough to ensure the drugs are not (68).

The drugs may also be dangerous because the (67) in some overseas pharmacies is not strict enough to ensure the drugs are not (68).

• Paragraph 9• “… the imported

drugs were potentially dangerous because the controls over the quality were minimal. The drugs may be laced with all sorts of contamination”

• What two words can mean “controls over the quality”?

• (68) quality control• The word must be an

adjective that will describe what the drugs might be.

• (68) contaminated

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