The U. s. Justice Department says the ads led to illegal imports of prescription medication into the country, and allowed the purchase of these drugs online without valid prescriptions.

美国司法部门表示，该广告导致了非法进口处方药到美国，允许没有获得正当的处方就可以购买这些药。

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The Ryan Haight Bill--named after an 18-year-old who died from an overdose of Vicodin purchased online in 2001--would make it illegal to sell prescription drugs online without proof of a prescription issued to the patient in person by a doctor.

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"Those who sell prescription drugs online without a valid prescription are operating illegally, undercutting the laws that were put in place to protect patients, and are thereby endangering the public health, " said Victoria Espinel, US intellectual property enforcement co-ordinator, in a statement.

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"This suggests that Google is profiting from advertisements for illegal sales of controlled prescription drugs online, " wrote Joseph Califano, CASA's founder and chairman and a former U.S. health secretary.

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