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Posted on Tuesday, 4th November 2008 by dcooley

Since I have written quite a bit more on internet pharmacy law and strategy related to the Ryan Haight Act and criminal defense law after my last outline, I figured I would update it and attempt to present it in a more organized fashion.  Below please find a catalogue of some of my most popular articles [...]

Tags: Controlled Substances, Criminal Appeals, Criminal Defense, Internet Pharmacy Law, Motion to Dismiss, Non-Controlled Substances, Ryan Haight Act
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Posted on Wednesday, 29th October 2008 by dcooley

Doctor Juan Antonio Ibanez of Tampa, Florida pled guilty to selling over 50 million hydrocodone pills from 2003-2007 via a number of internet pharmacy websites, including foxfamilymeds.com, medsforpain.com, prescriptiondrugplanet.com, sunshinefamilymeds.com and online-scripts.com.
The Tampa Tribune recounts a portion of the plea hearing:
“During this process, did you act knowingly and intentionally with due disregard for the law?” U.S. Magistrate Mark [...]

Tags: Controlled Substances, Doctors, Internet Pharmacy Law, Plea, Ryan Haight Act
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Posted on Tuesday, 21st October 2008 by dcooley

One of the justifications for the Ryan Haight Act was that doctors performing face to face examinations can determine the veracity of a patient’s claim of chronic pain before prescribing medication much better than an internet pharmacy doctor performing an online consultation.  This is likely true with respect to internet pharmacies that do not require medical records [...]

Tags: Controlled Substances, Criminal Appeals, Criminal Defense, Doctors, Internet Pharmacy Law, Non-Controlled Substances, Ryan Haight Act
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Posted on Monday, 20th October 2008 by dcooley

According to the text of the Ryan Haight Act, most of its provisions, including the ones outlawing internet pharmacy prescriptions without a doctor’s face to face physical examination, have an effective date of 180 days after the law’s enactment:
Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 180 days after the date [...]

Tags: Controlled Substances, Criminal Appeals, Criminal Defense, Internet Pharmacy Law, Ryan Haight Act
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Posted on Monday, 20th October 2008 by dcooley

I have argued in the past that the Ryan Haight Act benefits criminal defendants in pending internet pharmacy federal prosecutions (i.e. those indicted for actions occurring prior to the effective date of the Controlled Substances Act Ryan Haight Amendments).  In short, if the Ryan Haight Act attempts to outlaw prescriptions issued by doctors without a physical evaluation via online pharmacies (not falling [...]

Tags: Controlled Substances, Criminal Appeals, Criminal Defense, Internet Pharmacy Law, Ryan Haight Act
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Posted on Tuesday, 14th October 2008 by dcooley

I have written extensively about the ramifications of the Ryan Haight Act on pending online pharmacy criminal indictments and prosecutions, the effectiveness of the Act at regulating internet pharmacy prescriptions and the Ryan Haight Act’s effect on criminal law in general.  Below please find a detailed outline of my analysis to date on the Ryan Haight Act.  I [...]

Tags: Controlled Substances, Criminal Appeals, Criminal Defense, Internet Pharmacy Law, Non-Controlled Substances, Ryan Haight Act
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