There are on-line pharmacies. Many of them follow all of the laws and only sell their medications to people who have a valid prescription. However there are some who sell to anyone.
How does that involve FedEx?
Well those prescriptions, legal or not have to be delivered somehow.
"FedEx was indicted on July 17 by a federal grand jury, and plead not guilty to the 15 criminal counts at a July 29 hearing. The case is due back in court on August 28. If convicted, FedEx could face up to $1.6 billion in fines."
Now in the past UPS has had to deal with things like this before and they reached an accommodation with the government, and this is what the kicker of the story deals with.
"The Wall Street Journal pointed out the fact that UPS previously settled this same issue with the DOJ, which offered the carrier a non-prosecution agreement in exchange for paying $40 million in fines and assisting the government in catching illegal online pharmacies. It is possible that the prosecution of FedEx is an effort to get the company to assist the DEA in enforcing drug laws."
Somehow FedEx is SUPPOSED to know who is and isn't a legitimate package recipient. And the reports that some of the packages were delivered to parking lots? I know of a small converted school bus that is a small cell phone store/electronics shop. They guy cannot afford the funds to rent/lease shop space but he did have an old school bus he converted into a mobile shop. And since he cannot receive packages at his Post Office Box, and he is usually out in a parking lot so his customers can find him, that is where he gets his packages delivered. Even the US Postal Service knows that he does this and they know that he moves every once in a while. And they know where he goes if he has to move from one lot to another. Just like some of the food trucks. The move to where the business is.
So tell me, how is that illegal?
Like FedEx says, they do not know what is inside the packages, they just deliver them.
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