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Posted on Tuesday, 30th September 2008 by dcooley

The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) released a statement today supporting The Ryan Haight Act.  Big surprise. 
Notable quotes from their self-serving press release include grandiose, generalized statements such as “[t]he safety of every American is at risk if these illegal online operators are allowed to continue.”  Somehow I doubt that.
And, even worse, “some . . . [...]

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Posted on Thursday, 25th September 2008 by dcooley

The DEA’s Diversion Control website provides a list of doctors convicted or with pending trials under The Controlled Substances Act.  Unfortunately, it is nowhere near exhaustive.  Moreover, the list includes offline prescription convictions.  The list, for example, also would include a local doctor who might blindly write prescriptions for his or her patients.  In fact, [...]

Tags: Controlled Substances, Criminal Appeals, Criminal Defense, Doctors, Indictment, Internet Pharmacy Law, Non-Controlled Substances, Plea, Sentence, Trial
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Posted on Wednesday, 24th September 2008 by dcooley

The Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act, which I discussed in my internet pharmacy and doctor criminal defense legal issues series, was passed by the House today.  The Committee amended some language, so it must be re-passed by the Senate before it heads to the President’s desk.  How soon the President views the bill is anyone’s [...]

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Posted on Monday, 22nd September 2008 by dcooley

Dr. Joyce Wong Buckley, a doctor in Watertown, NY, of New Concepts Obstetrics & Gynecology was found to be grossly negligent for writing 75,000 online pharmacy prescriptions without prior physical examinations.  Dr. Wong Buckley was paid $150,000 for her services.  According to the Watertown Daily Times:
prescription drugs . . . received included Tramadol, generic of [...]

Tags: Administrative Hearing, Doctors, Hogan's Pharmacy, Internet Pharmacy Law, State Law
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Posted on Monday, 22nd September 2008 by dcooley

The Ryan Haight Act that I discussed in my Internet Pharmacy Criminal Defense Issues Part 2 article was unanimously passed by the House Energy and Commerce Committee last week.  Adding more fuel to my pro-criminal defense attorney argument that Congress must really think that online pharmacy prescriptions without physical examinations (or doctor-patient relationships) are currently legal, the bill will now be [...]

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Posted on Sunday, 21st September 2008 by dcooley

Michael A. Flynn, D.O, of Pennsylvania, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances via a number of internet pharmacy websites.  According to the DOJ’s press release, from January 1, 2007 through July 11, 2007:

Flynn, as a doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, conspired and agreed with Internet website owners, pharmacy owners and others to sell to [...]

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