by dcooley on March 12, 2009
by dcooley on February 2, 2009
Internet pharmacy owners Steven Abiodun Sodipo and Onigbo Nwaehiri were both sentenced to five years imprisonment by a Maryland District Court Judge earlier last month for their role in selling 9,936,075 hydrocodone (Vicodin) prescription pills online. Both were pharmacists and owners of NewCare Pharmacy in Baltimore, Maryland. Additionally, both were ordered to pay $11,870,119.39. To satisfy [...]
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Controlled Substances,
Internet Pharmacy Law,
Pharmacies,
Sentence,
Trial
by dcooley on November 4, 2008
by dcooley on October 29, 2008
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 [...]
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Controlled Substances,
Doctors,
Internet Pharmacy Law,
Plea,
Ryan Haight Act
by dcooley on October 21, 2008
by dcooley on October 20, 2008
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 [...]
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Controlled Substances,
Criminal Appeals,
Criminal Defense,
Internet Pharmacy Law,
Ryan Haight Act