Surfing for Drugs. Dianna Gordon.
by Gordon, Dianna; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 70Business. Publisher: State Legislatures, 2004ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): Drugs -- Law and legislation | Internet marketing | Internet pharmacies | Prescription drugsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Internet drug sales can be dangerous unless closely monitored. There is vast potential for pharmacists, consumers and even doctors to abuse the system. Online pharmacies can provide potentially false, unapproved, tainted or substandard products and have little or no quality control. On the user's side, people can receive multiple prescriptions for addictive medications, such as painkillers." (STATE LEGISLATURES) This article details some of the problems that have occurred with disreputable online pharmacies and examines the legislation that states have passed to regulate online drug sales.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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| REF SIRS 2005 Business Article 69 Women Shoppers Say, 'Label Us Frustrated'. | REF SIRS 2005 Business Article 7 On a Roll. | REF SIRS 2005 Business Article 70 Web Sites Selling Drugs Without Doctor Exams. | REF SIRS 2005 Business Article 70 Surfing for Drugs. | REF SIRS 2005 Business Article 71 The New Drug War. | REF SIRS 2005 Business Article 72 Get Out of My Namespace. | REF SIRS 2005 Business Article 73 Breaking Windows?. |
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005.
Originally Published: Surfing for Drugs, April 2004; pp. 28-29.
"Internet drug sales can be dangerous unless closely monitored. There is vast potential for pharmacists, consumers and even doctors to abuse the system. Online pharmacies can provide potentially false, unapproved, tainted or substandard products and have little or no quality control. On the user's side, people can receive multiple prescriptions for addictive medications, such as painkillers." (STATE LEGISLATURES) This article details some of the problems that have occurred with disreputable online pharmacies and examines the legislation that states have passed to regulate online drug sales.
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