Canada’s not our drugstore.. Let’s last I saw it was illegal to get meds from Canada, but if people want/need/afford cheaper meds well it’s either a trip up North, skip dosage or see Slim on the corner – PB/TK
Dear Bernie Sanders: Canada is not the United States’ drugstore – By Leona Aglukkaq l May 12 2017
Canada has long been a stalwart friend and neighbor to the United States. But there’s one thing Canada must not become: America’s pharmacy.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has proposed a bill to let Americans import prescription medicines from Canada. He hopes to this will give Americans access to lower Canadian prices. It’s not just Democrats who like the idea; several prominent Republicans voted in favor of similar legislation that was defeated in January.
As someone who spent several years as Canada’s health minister, I know that allowing Americans to purchase prescription drugs from Canada could have terrible consequences for the citizens of both countries.
Under Sanders’s plan, Canada would simply serve as an intermediate transshipment point for unapproved drugs heading to the United States. Canadian authorities do not inspect every shipment of products headed for the U.S. marketplace to ensure that packages don’t contain adulterated, counterfeit or illegal drugs. Canada does not have the resources to undertake such comprehensive searches, and the Canadian and U.S. governments are not currently set up to facilitate such a program. Canada’s health-inspection regime is designed to ensure the safety of medications for Canadians, not for other countries.
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