Canada Cracks Down on Prescription Drugs [View All]

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-3370183,00.html



WASHINGTON (AP) - Urged on by the U.S.
government, Canadian officials are cracking down
on companies, pharmacists and physicians within
their borders that help American citizens get
cheaper prescription drugs.

But complex jurisdictional issues guarantee the
enforcement won't be quick or simple.

Although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
has escalated threats to shut down companies
exporting drugs to America, FDA Commissioner
Mark McClellan said recently there are ``no
automatic mechanisms set up between our
countries.''

``We have to have those discussions,'' he said.
``We have to work together to identify where our
laws match up and where they don't.''