Twitter fails to take down Xanax adverts
Twitter and Instagram have been criticised by an MP for failing to remove posts advertising Xanax.

There is evidence the anti-anxiety medication is increasingly being used recreationally by young people, some of whom have needed hospital treatment.

Xanax's manufacturer Pfizer said anyone buying it on social media will be buying fakes.

Twitter said the adverts were organic content created by users rather than being official advertising.

Bambos Charalambous, the Labour MP for Enfield Southgate in London, raised concerns about the drug in parliament. He said: "I'm very concerned that accounts are still up after being reported.

"I think social media companies need to take greater and swifter action to stop these dealers from selling Xanax online."

In January, Mr Charalambous told the Commons about the 14-year-old daughter of a constituent who ended up in temporary foster care and was expelled from school because of her use of Xanax.

SOURCE: BBC NEWS
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