New Information Shows Rogue Online Pharmacy Ads Wrongly Attributed to PharmacyChecker.com
In 2008, the National Center for Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA) published a report about the prevalence and dangers of rouge online pharmacies that illegally sell controlled substances. We support CASA’s efforts to protect consumers from dangerous drug-selling websites, especially those that sell addictive drugs, and since 2003 have raised public awareness about the dangers of rogue online pharmacies. As part of its research, CASA found rogue pharmacies on Google’s sponsored results. However, it wrongly assumed that all such sites were approved by PharmacyChecker.com. Soon after, the New York Times published an article covering CASA’s report, which included the same faulty assumption. (more…)
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