Re: Internet drugs

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THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE CAN'T GET THE PAIN MEDS WE NEED !!! THANKS

THERESA. LUV JO

                              

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Two indicted over Internet prescriptions 2001-08-09 By Ed Godfrey Staff Writer An Oklahoma City doctor and a Norman pharmacist were indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury, accused of conspiring to sell controlled and dangerous drugs over the Internet. Dr. Ricky Joe , 44, and Jerry S. Shadid, 58, are accused of distributing prescription drugs "outside the usual course of professional medical practice and without a legitimate medical purpose." Federal prosecutors allege the Internet sales were lucrative. They are seeking the forfeiture of $860,000. also is charged with money laundering, accused of having $175,000 in illegal proceeds wired to a bank in the West Indies. 's license was suspended in February by the Oklahoma State Board of Medical Licensure for authorizing hundreds of prescriptions over the Internet for people he never examined. The prescriptions were received over the Internet and filled by Shadid at Main Street Pharmacy in Norman, owned by Clayton Fuchs. Shadid's and Fuch's licenses were revoked earlier this year by the state Board of Pharmacy. Main Street Pharmacy is now out of business. "Doctors and pharmacists bear responsibility for the proper prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances," the indictment states. Prosecutors accuse of writing prescriptions for people who simply completed a questionnaire over the Internet. Main Street Pharmacy maintained a Web site under the name NationPharmacy.com where customers could complete a medical questionnaire. Prescriptions were then sent over the Internet to the pharmacy where Shadid would fill them and mail the drugs to individuals out of state, prosecutors allege. Customers would pay the pharmacy and the pharmacy would pay for each prescription written, the indictment states. Agents with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, the FBI, the U.S. Postal Service, the Internal Revenue Service, and the state and medical pharmacy boards raided Main Street Pharmacy in February. Seized in the raid were large quantities of hydrocone, an addictive controlled dangerous substance prescribed to control pain. More than half the pharmacy's inventory was hydrocone, officials said. Fuchs is appealing the revocation of his license. His attorney, J.W. Coyle, said his client has done nothing wrong. "Dr. approved the prescriptions," Coyle said. "When a medical doctor approves it, that gives the pharmacist the OK to fill the prescription." 's attorney, Mack , said his client will plead not guilty to the charges. Thanks, Theresa **Today is the first day of the rest of your life. You CAN make the changes within yourself to have a less stressful life and home. It all starts with baby steps