Coroner Urges Government to Take Action Over Websites Which Sell Drugs Without Prescriptions

The death of a Harvard law school graduate in London has highlighted the dangers of people buying sleeping tablets and other drugs online without prescriptions.

Prescription drugs are seen on shelves at a pharmacy in Montreal, Canada, on March 11, 2021. Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press

A coroner has written to the government to urge them to take action to prevent further deaths after an American law professor died after buying sedatives online without a prescription.

Kimberly Liu, 40, was found by at her home in London on Feb. 7, 2023 by her husband who called an ambulance but paramedics confirmed she was already dead.