Describing Drugs or Drug-like Substances

NwMarketplace prohibits sellers from describing legal substances, such as plants or herbs, in a manner that suggests ingesting, inhaling, extracting or otherwise using any substance or compound from the legal substance will provide the same effect as an illegal drug, compound or substance or that will provide unsubstantiated health benefits.

NwMarketplace looks to the Federal Trade Commission, the Food and Drug Administration and other regulatory agencies for guidance on items that violate their policies on inappropriate marketing.

Violations of this policy may result in a range of actions, including:

• Listing cancellation

• Limits on account privileges

• Account suspension

• Forfeit of NwMarketplace fees on cancelled listings

Examples:

• Listing an herbal product and marketing it as a substitute for marijuana

• Listing muscle-building supplements and claiming that they have the same effect as steroids

• Listing an herbal product and claiming that it will produce the same results as Viagra

• Listing medication with the claim that it has the same effect as OxyContin