'Net benefits? Internet pharmacies in Canada.

Canadian Chemical News, May, 2005 by Ripley, Daphne C.

Internet pharmacies first appeared in 1999. Since then, the number of Internet pharmacies has grown into the hundreds worldwide, with a large number centred in Canada, selling drugs primarily to Americans.

It is difficult to assess the number of Internet pharmacies operating in Canada. However, recent Health Canada statistics approximate 270 Canadian pharmacies operating either strictly via the Internet, or a combination of traditional methods and the Internet, and/or other means of distance dispensing (e.g. ordering by e-mail or fax and delivery by mail, courier, taxi, or ...