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Posted on Wednesday, 3rd June 2009 by dcooley

Torino Jennings, a Virgnia doctor, faces Internet pharmacy charges in a Boston District Court.  A felony Information was filed on May 28, 2009 charging Jennings with seven (7) counts of allegedly introducing a misbranded drug into interstate commerce in violation of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and four (4) counts of tax fraud for [...]

Tags: Doctors, Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act, Indictment, Internet Pharmacy Law, Misbranding, Motion to Dismiss, Non-Controlled Substances, Torino Jennings
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Posted on Sunday, 10th May 2009 by dcooley

Many federal circuits permit a good faith jury instruction in cases in which doctors are prosecuted under the Controlled Substances Act.  Internet pharmacy law cases involving doctors are no different.  Below is an illustrative case:
U.S. v. Hurwitz, 459 F.3d 463 (2006):  The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Dr. William E. Hurtwitz’s conviction due to the [...]

Tags: Controlled Substances, Criminal Appeals, Criminal Defense, Doctors, Internet Pharmacy Law, jury instructions, Pharmacies, Ryan Haight Act, Website Owners
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Posted on Tuesday, 21st April 2009 by dcooley

According to the Seattle Times, the home of Dr. Peter Pfeiffer, of Bellingham, Washington, was raided by DEA agents last Friday as a result of his alleged ties to an Internet pharmacy.  The search warrant alleged, among other things, that Pfeiffer was:

writing “a very large number of prescriptions” for hydrocodone between November and February;
writing prescriptions [...]

Tags: Doctors, Internet Pharmacy Law, Investigation, Ryan Haight Act
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Posted on Sunday, 19th April 2009 by dcooley

Colorado doctor Christian Hageseth was sentenced to nine months in prison by a California judge following his plea of no contest to practicing medicine without a license in California.  Hageseth was prosecuted as a result of allegedly prescribing Prozac via an Internet pharmacy to Stanford University student John McKay who later committed suicide.  As a reminder, [...]

Tags: Doctors, Hageseth, Internet Pharmacy Law, Sentence, State Law
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Posted on Sunday, 29th March 2009 by dcooley

In December 2008, I reported on an internet pharmacy case, in which Colorado doctor Christian Hageseth was being prosecuted for “practicing medicine without a license in California.”  The charge stemmed from a 2005 prescription (Prozac)  issued to  Stanford student John McKay via USAnewRx.com, an online pharmacy.  McKay later committed suicide.  Last week Hageseth pled no contest and will [...]

Tags: Doctors, Hageseth, Internet Pharmacy Law, Plea, State Law
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Posted on Friday, 30th January 2009 by dcooley

A federal district court unsealed a 198 count indictment of several individuals associated with an Alabama compounding pharmacy (Applied Pharmacy Services, Inc.) and extensive steroid distribution network alleged to have dispensed anabolic steroids between 2003-2006 “outside the usual course of professional practice.”  Those indicted include A. Samuel Kelley II, Jason R. Kelley, Jodi C. Silvio, J. [...]

Tags: Applied Pharmacy, Doctors, Indictment, Internet Pharmacy Law, Pharmacies, Steroids
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