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No Solution Appears in Sight for Internet Pharmacies.
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Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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December 10, 2002
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2002 Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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By John Dorschner, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Dec. 10--Though the nation's medical establishment is united in opposing websites that sell prescription drugs based solely on online questionnaires, Internet pharmacies continue to do big business passing out Viagra and diet and pain pills.
Case in point: Six months ago, state investigators shut down RxNetwork, alleging that the Davie pharmacy constituted an "immediate and serious danger," particularly in how it dispensed controlled-substance diet pills to web customers.
Today, RxNetwork, reopened after a quick appeal, continues to thrive, bringing in perhaps millions of dollars a ...
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