| Stacy |
| (Enthusiast) |
| 09/16/03 06:15 AM |
 Re: buymeds and the DEA
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Maybe I'm missing something, but I didn't see anything about "outside Iowa".
This is what I saw as the reason listed:
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"This was one of the first U.S.-based pharmacies using a local license to cooperate with a Web site outside the continental U.S. to sell medications," said Kevin Teale, spokesman for the Iowa Department of Public Health.
The moves comes as state and federal regulators are moving more aggressively to stop American citizens from buying foreign prescription drugs. On Thursday, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit to close down a chain of 85 storefronts that help senior citizen purchase cheaper prescription medicines from Canada.
And....
Quote:
The pharmacy board said the arrangement allowed people to obtain dangerous and highly addictive drugs without a prescription and without a valid doctor-patient relationship to determine possible harmful effects of the drugs.
I didn't see anything at all about "outside Iowa".
