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Originally Posted by jsarno
I thought it was...but it's hard to do a search for these sorts of things without seeing claims that it's 100% legal. Apparently, from what I'm reading, they do an internet consultation and give a legal prescription. Just unsure as to how legal this really is. Having THAT many sites that do this makes me beleive there has to be some sort of legality to it.
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The only thing the number of sites doing it means is that there's a lot of money to be made by doing it; it doesn't speak at all to the legality.
In the states, you can't get a prescription without consulting a doctor. Someone from over the internet cannot legally prescribe you medication unless they're a licensed physician in one of the 50 states. And if such a doctor was licensed and he prescribed you something via an internet consultation only, then he'd be the one breaking the law.
Since these businesses are based in other countries, the FBI and police department don't have jurisdiction. They only have jurisdiction over you. So if anyone's going to get caught, it would be you. Those orders are going out into cyberspace for anyone to see, seems like a damn risky thing to do.