Another item that goes along with prescription drugs is the sale of blood and human organs online. Recently, there have been several sales and auctions of organs online. One sale in particular, was recently terminated by Yahoo! through which the sale was being made. A man attempted to auction of one of his kidneys. The bidding reached $500,000 when it was called off. Selling organs is, and has been illegal since 1984. Many people are against the federal law that bans the sale of human organs. One argument is “blood can be sold, so why can’t kidneys (lungs, eyes…)?” Though this argument may not seem truly relavant, it does raise the issue of organ sales on-line or otherwise. Why shouldn’t this be legalized when it could possibly save lives? The government offers a simple answer- fraud.