PSD warns of social media pages promoting unlicensed medications

By JT - Mar 25,2015 - Last updated at Mar 25,2015

AMMAN — The Public Security Department (PSD) on Wednesday warned the public against buying drugs via social media networks, reminding people not to take any medication unlicensed by Jordan Food and Drug Administration and the Jordan Institution for Standards and Metrology.

In a statement sent to The Jordan Times, the PSD media office said the Rangers monitored a page on social media promoting unlicensed weight loss pills and banned e-cigarettes, adding that one of the administrators of the page has been arrested.

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