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Tide turns for imported drugs
originally posted: 11/22/2006
reposted: 2/18/2011 This post has not
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Q: Are drugs bought from Canadian
pharmacies legal in the U.S.?
A: The official position of the
U.S. government was that these drugs were illegal even though some
state and local governments endorsed the arrangements. Just recently a
U.S. Senate Sub-committee endorsed a plan for the re-importation of
lower cost prescription drugs, clearing the path toward legitimacy of
these arrangements. It is completely ridiculous that our national laws
require drug companies to ship medicines made in the U.S. outside of
the U.S. just so that they can be sold back to U.S. citizens at lower
prices.
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