California will be the first state to track prescription drugs, which includes attaching a serial number to each prescription bottle and recording how many times it exchanges hands.

Do generic drugs really work as well as their counterparts? That’s the question doctors, patients, are researchers across the country want to answer.

The Internet presents consumers with a wide variety of benefits, including being able to fill their prescriptions and order medication from the comfort of their own homes. However, shopping online for medication can be dangerous.