Criminal groups are widely using the Internet to advertise and spread drugs, Lieut. Gen. Alexander Mikhailov, director of the Russian Federal Drug Control Service’s department for contacts with agencies and information, told Interfax Agency in Moscow on Thursday.

“The information available to us indicates that some 700 websites are involved in promoting drugs,” he said.

Divisions of the Federal Drug Control Service will work with Internet access providers to stem the spread of drugs via the Internet, the service said earlier.

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