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To the Editor: The article by Armstrong et al. (Oct. 28 issue)¹ highlights the use of the Internet to bypass traditional safeguards imposed by Congress and state legislatures to protect patients from dangerous drugs and the improper practice of medicine and pharmacy. As the authors mention, drug sales over the Internet pose challenges for regulatory and law-enforcement bodies at the federal and state levels. The laws in effect today were not enacted with the Internet in mind. Although the practice of medicine and of pharmacy is traditionally regulated by the states, on-line sales of drugs frequently cross state borders, making . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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