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, [...]
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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 [...]
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Dr. Christian Ellis Hageseth was denied a bail reduction yesterday by a California judge in an internet pharmacy case in which the state alleges that Hageseth was “practicing medicine without a license in California.” This case raises a number of unique jurisdictional issues with respect to online pharmacy operations. Hageseth has, so far unsuccessfully, argued [...]
