Challenge of Buying Prescription Drugs online Cities and local governments in several states, including Florida and New York, said they will continue to use a Canadian company to offer their employees buy prescription drugs online at a very reduced price, despite federal officials expressing concerns about the safety of this practice. . Municipalities use CanaRx relating their employees with traditional pharmacies in Canada, Britain and Australia to fill prescriptions. In a letter sent to CanaRx, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said the company has dispatched "unapproved" and "wrongly labeled" drugs to consumers in the United States, jeopardizing their safety. The FDA urged consumers not to use any CanaRx medication, which works in about 500 cities, counties, school districts and private employers to organize the purchase of medications. Some of these employers have been using the service since 2004. Drug prices from overseas pharmacie...