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US Federal law makes it illegal to purchase and import prescriptions drugs when the same drugs are available in the United States.

Current experience shows three types of online pharmacies:

(1) Online pharmacies in US that use state-licensed pharmacists and require consumers to obtain valid prescriptions from licensed physicians.
(2) Online pharmacies that offer to "diagnose" a patient online, to "prescribe" the medication, and to distribute it without a licensed prescriber such as a physician ever physically seeing the patient.
(3) Online pharmacies that allow consumers to purchase prescription drugs without any type of prescription.

Online pharmacies that dispense prescription drugs solely on a questionnaire or that do not require a prescription at all pose a significant risk to public health.

Consumers who experience misrepresentations, scam offerings, and related problems can complete the victim complaint form on our website at ccbbb.ca/reportprescription.html. This information will be sent to the FTC and FDA and shared with the Canadian Competition Bureau.

You may wish to obtain additional information from your area FTC and FDA representatives, medical associations, and pharmacists.

Alberta

Alberta College of Pharmacists
Suite 1200, 10303 Jasper Ave
Edmonton, AB
T5J 3N6
Telephone: (780) 990-0321
Fax: (780) 990-0328
E-Mail:
Website: http://www.altapharm.org/college/Home/Index.cfm

College of Pharmacists of British Columbia
200-1765 West 8th Avenue
Vancouver, BC
V6J 1V8
Telephone: (604) 733-2440
Fax: (604) 733-2493
E-Mail:
Website: http://www.bcpharmacists.org/

Manitoba Pharmaceutical Association
187 St. Mary's Road
Winnipeg, MB
R2H 1J2
Telephone: (204) 233-1411
Fax: (204) 237-3468
E-Mail:

New Brunswick Pharmaceutical Society
#101-30 Gordon Street
Moncton, NB
E1C 1L8
Telephone: (506) 857-8957
Fax: (506) 857-8838
E-Mail:

Newfoundland Pharmaceutical Association
Apothecary Hall, 488 Water Street
St. John's, NF
A1E 1B3
Telephone: (709) 753-5877
Fax: (709) 753-8615
E-Mail:
Website: http://www.npha.nf.ca/

The Nova Scotia College of Pharmacists
1526 Dresden Row
Halifax, NS
B3J 3K3
Telephone: (902) 422-8528
Fax: (902) 422-2619
E-Mail:

Northwest Territories Department of Health and Social Services
P.O. Box 1320
Yellowknife, NT
X1A 2L9
Telephone: (867) 920-8058
Fax: (867) 873-0484
E-Mail:

Ontario College of Pharmacies
Telephone: (416) 962-4861
Website : www.ocpinfo.com

Prince Edward Island Pharmacy Board
Trans Canada Hwy, P.O. Box 89
Crapaud, PE
C0A 1J0
Telephone: (902) 658-2780
Fax: (902) 658-2198
E-Mail:

Quebec Order of Pharmacists
266 rue Notre-Dame Ouest, Bureau 301
Montréal, QC
H2Y 1T6
Telephone: (514) 284-9588
Fax: (514) 284-3420
E-Mail:
Website: http://www.opq.org/

Saskatchewan Pharmaceutical Association
700-4010 Pasqua Street
Regina, SK
S4S 7B9
Telephone: (306) 584-2292
Fax: (306) 584-9695
E-Mail:

Yukon Consumer Services, Deptartment of Justice
P.O. Box 2703
Whitehorse, YK
Y1A 2C6
Telephone: (867) 667-5111
Fax: (867) 667-3609
E-Mail:

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