35 pages. "GAO was asked to examine [1] the extent to which certain drugs can be purchased over the Internet without a prescription; [2] whether the drugs are handled properly, approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and authentic; and [3] the extent to which Internet pharmacies are reliable in their business practices.... GAO determined whether the samples contained a pharmacy label with patient instructions for use and warnings on the labels or the packaging and forwarded the samples to their manufacturers to determine whether they were approved by FDA and authentic. GAO also confirmed the locations of several Internet pharmacies and identified those under investigation by regulatory agencies." [GAO-04-820, Jun. 17, 2004]

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