Google moves against drug advertising
1 December 2003
Google has announced, following similar moves from other search engines, that it will no longer accept advertising from unlicensed chemists that sell drugs without medical consultation.
Yahoo and Microsoft's MSN both decided last month to stop accepting the ads, which have been responsible for millions of units being sold without supervision.
The decision comes as regulators and politicians begin to target legitimate websites, credit card companies, shippers and banks, which facilitate the sales, rather than the suppliers themselves.
Three US congressional committees are currently investigating the problem, and the role played by mainstream business interests.
Carmen Catizone, who is executive director of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy and has lobbied Google and its rivals to stop advertising the websites, said this approach was essential.
'These legitimate businesses are an important but faceless part of the supply chain for these dangerous drugs', she said. 'If the government is serious, it has to look at these businesses.'
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