Healthy Skepticism Library item: 10550

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Publication type: Journal Article

Coppin B.
A call to regulate the online sale of prescription drugs
EPC European Pharmaceutical Contractor 2002; 18-20

Abstract:

The Internet has often been likened to the Wild West: there are few established laws and the regulatory bodies that do exist have little power to enforce them. There have been a number of high profile cases of Internet crime in the past few years, several of which have resulted in prison sentences for the accused. Less well publicised has been the recent increase in websites illegally selling prescription drugs online.