It is the job of the media to tell us about things that scare us. For people who are afraid of drugs, the sale of drugs over the Internet is scary. For people who understand drugs, the articles published by the media are scary. Everyone's scared, so the media prosper.

Doctors don't like on-line drug sales because they aren't getting their cut of the deal. Since doctors are accustomed to running the drug show, to the point that if you don't get your drugs through a doctor, you can go to jail, you can bet they will exert as much influence on congress as they can.