Real Canadian pharmacies cost Google $500 million dollars

[Jack]

Don't be evil? Don't count on it. Google agreed this week to a $500 million settlement with the US Department of Justice over their behavior in selling advertisements to Canadian pharmacies through the AdWords advertising network.

Google had been informed as early as 2003 that Canadian pharmacies were illegally shipping prescription drugs to Americans as a result of ads on Google. While Google stopped allowing foreign countries (other than Canada) to place ads for drugs targeting Americans, Canadian pharmacies were allowed to continue the practice.


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[Jack]

Google not only allowed the continued illegal placement of ads targeting Americans, but documents show that they assisted these pharmacies in bypassing the controls they had put in place to prevent the abuse.

Google was eventually caught in the act during a sting operation conducted by the US Attorney's Office of Rhode Island. They created some fake pharmacy companies to investigate Google's practices for placing advertisements in opposition to their official policies.

Everyone is got their price.... Google prices : 500.000.000 USD and they've worked for each $.

Additionally many of these pharmacies did not require US consumers to have a prescription from a licensed physician. For "premium" prices, Americans could acquire the drugs after only a consultation with a pharmacist.

I'm not from USA so I can't fully understand this problem but I understand that its cheaper to buy from Canada but lets keep in mind that you are buying pills online...that could lead to abuse or taking the wrong drugs in some cases.

 

[Hungry Man]

The FDA here and the Canadian version of the FDA have different opinions on various drugs. That's why you can't order drugs there to be shipped here.