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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">THe pharmacy
guys (Ron Andruff and Tim Smith,) sent me four recommendations
from the CCT review that they are worried about in terms of
shadow regulation. I agree. We are walking down the famous
slippery slope.......</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Stephanie P<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Recommendation
1</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Registrars and
registries may acknowledge the ongoing problem of illegal online
pharmacies and publicly support the work of organizations such
as CSIP and the Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP) and
companies involved in combatting the use of domain names for the
illegal distribution of drugs and medicines by illegal online
pharmacies.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Recommendation
2</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">When registries
and registrars become aware of a suspected illegal pharmacy they
may refer the domain to a third party provider that verifies the
legitimacy of these websites.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Recommendation
3</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">After receiving
adequate legal confirmation (pursuant to each organization’s own
assessment of adequate legal confirmation) that a domain name
hosts a website that is used to market and distribute drugs and
medicines in violation of applicable laws, registrars and
registries may take prompt action. Registries and registrars may
take action on confirmed, illegal pharmacies up to and including
suspension or deletion of the affected domain(s) in accordance
with their internal procedures.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Recommendation
4</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Registrars and
registries also include on their website, contact information
for an “Abuse Contact” so that users can report suspected
illegal websites for further investigation by a online pharmacy
verification provider.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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