An industry is prescribing weight-loss drugs to people with anorexia, devastating lives

For AJ Jasper, drugs hailed as miracles have proven nothing short of a curse. In 2024, a hard-won truce between Jasper and the anorexia he had battled, on and off, since childhood collapsed, sending him spiraling to his lowest ebb yet. He was only a few pounds below his target weight, but a stressful period compelled Jasper to seek out a new, revolutionary class of weight-loss medication. Jasper said he submitted a form to the telehealth site Hims & Hers, lying about his weight and asking for a GLP-1 prescription. He expected to speak to a doctor. For there to be more questions. Yet in about two days, the medication was at his door. “I thought that there would be roadblocks,” he told CNN from his apartment in Chicago.