Canada Signals Crackdown on Internet Pharmacies

[rodeodance]

well, we have to fix this ourselves and not expect Canada to our drugstore!!!!!!

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=6&u=/nm/20041216/ts_nm/health_canada_dc

Canada Signals Crackdown on Internet Pharmacies


By Randall Palmer

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government signaled on Thursday it was ready to crack down on Internet pharmacies that send cheap medicine to the United States, often without Canadian doctors having seen the patients.

The practice, which figured prominently in the U.S. presidential election campaign, has been seen as a way for American citizens and governments to save money. But it caused concern that it might lead to drug shortages in Canada.


"This is a struggle to make sure that drugs for all Canadians remain safe and adequate in terms of supply, and for all Canadians there's a pricing regime that's affordable," Canadian Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh told reporters.


He said options included making it illegal for Canadian doctors to countersign prescriptions from other countries or allowing doctors to write prescriptions only for Canadian residents or visitors to the country. ......

[pleiku52cab]

1. Canada's right in this

It's our own fault we don't have affordable drugs (and an entire medical system). Why should we look to a country, with a tenth of our population, to correct our failings. P.S. I have liked french fries with vinegar since I was a teenybopper working at Rehoboth Beach Delaware in the late 50s.

[annabanana]

2. time to buy stock in Purina..........

Our treatment of our Seniors is a scandal and a shame.

[rurallib]

3. What a coincidence

Just after ****'s visit. Gotta protect them profits.

[sandnsea]

4. Huh?

I don't understand the profit portion of your comment. Canada is right, they negotiate drug prices through the government. Every country except the US has some sort of price control on medication. They shouldn't have to risk their drug supply because we're too stupid to look around the world and realize our health care is not "the best in the world". It doesn't have anything to do with protecting profits.