Criminal Defense Attorney Analysis of Internet Pharmacy, Prescription, and Drug Law
From the category archives:
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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The judge in U.S. v. Hernandez (06-600027), a federal internet pharmacy trial in Florida (in its eighth week), has declared a mistrial, after numerous jurors admitted to doing their own internet research via their handheld phones during deliberations. The jury was leaning towards an acquittal.
This trial has certainly had its share of distractions. Only a few weeks prior to the [...]
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Several months ago I linked all of my more extensive criminal defense internet pharmacy law and Ryan Haight Act articles (discussing both controlled and noncontrolled substances) in one blog post. Below is my second attempt at doing so, given that I have written much more since then. Keep in mind that the legal landscape for internet pharmacy [...]
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Ohio pharmacist Gary A. Evankovich was indicted for his alleged involvement with an internet pharmacy by a Mahoning County grand jury on 24 counts of “reckless retail sale of drug[s].” The drug sales allegedly originated from the internet, and the prescriptions were signed by a New York doctor. Prosecuting Attorney Robert Bush stated that Evankovich “illegally filled prescriptions [...]
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. [...]
The St. Petersberg Times reports that Florida doctor Juan Ibanez was sentenced to four years yesterday for his association with an internet pharmacy organization (foxfamilymeds.com, medsforpain.com, prescriptiondrugplanet.com, sunshinefamilymeds.com and online-scripts.com) which distributed “more than 50 million hydrocodone pills” nationwide. Between 2003-2007, the online pharmacy grossed more than $85 million from its sales of Vicodin. Doctors did not perform face [...]
