"This is critical, as DEA has found some unscrupulous medical providers on online platforms have used flexible telemedicine ...

Since 2020, the federal government allowed telehealth providers to prescribe the medication without a medical visit to ensure people could still get it during lockdowns and reduce exposure to COVID.

DEA clarifies that a telehealth platform “explicitly excludes certain types of entities, including hospitals, clinics, insurance providers, and local in-person medical practices.” ...

These ran counter to the 2008 Ryan Haight Act, which required medical care providers to perform at least one in-person medical evaluation before prescribing such medications online. With the pandemic ...

These so-called "fines" range anywhere from $2,000 to $10,000. McNeal says these DEA impersonators don't just target doctors and people who prescribe drugs, they also go after regular everyday ...

“The DEA has been on the hook to come up with a permanent framework for how to allow telemedicine and the prescribing of controlled substances for 16 years now. This doesn’t let them off the ...

"This is critical, as DEA has found some unscrupulous medical providers on online platforms have used flexible telemedicine rules to put profit ahead of the well-being of patients," the release noted.