Xanax misuse: doctors warn of 'emerging crisis' as UK sales rise

UK makes up 22% of global sales of the highly addictive anti-anxiety drug on the dark web

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The UK is the second-largest market for untraceable online sales of Xanax in the world, research has found, prompting warnings from doctors, MPs and youth workers of an "emerging crisis".

Data revealed to the Guardian shows that the UK accounts for 22% of all global trades of the highly addictive anti-anxiety medication on the dark web or darknet, the collective name for hidden and anonymised websites.