Gov't to stop seizing drugs from Canada

[deadparrot]

ORLANDO, Fla. - The federal government will stop seizing small amounts of lower-priced prescription medications mailed from Canada, officials said.

Since November 2005, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents have seized prescription drugs that 40,000 Americans had ordered from Canada, Sen. Bill Nelson (news, bio, voting record) noted on Tuesday. The new policy, which takes effect Oct. 9, was announced in an e-mail from the Department of Homeland Security to congressional staff Monday, Nelson said.

Customs spokeswoman Lynn Hollinger confirmed the policy change Tuesday, saying the agency would no longer intercept the drugs or issue letters to postal carriers indicating it is illegal to import prescription medications. She said the policy change was due to political pressure from lawmakers and people who complained they were no longer receiving their medicine.

Nelson said that the new policy will allow Americans to import small amounts of prescription drugs — roughly a 90-day supply.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/prescription_drugs

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Because...

It's election time and they are tanking!

Golly, it's so simple. Too simple. Like shooting fish in a barrel.

[Kagemusha]

2. Too little, too late. The doughnut hole will erase any good will

And frankly, stopping what they should never have started in the first place is just not a good way to do business.

[swimboy]

3. What!?! Oh, Prescription Drugs.

Never mind.

[allisonthegreat]

5. had no business doing that anyway...n/t

[sinkingfeeling]

4. My dog thanks you. She gets most of her medications from Canada.

[Bozita]

6. They'll start seizing drugs from Canada again on November 8

Same day the gas prices start rising again.

[lumberjack_jeff]

7. Not if anything to say about it, I have.

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[Eurobabe]

11. LOL, you are such a cynic...

But you might be right.

They using any grease they can to slip those voters into the (R) column this November.

[eleny]

8. Republicans taking well deserved heat

Too bad it wasn't the needs of senior citizens that motivated the bastards.

[habitual]

9. The repubs do not act in accordance with the needs of their

constituents, only to the needs of the party and their master Cheney (Bush).

If they do anything that appears to be for the good of the people, know that somewhere it is actually self-serving and it is probably autumn in an election year.

[donco6]

10. Remember Bush and the debates?

When he was asked about why Americans had to pay more for prescription drugs when they were available cheaper from Canada, he slapped on that "tooth-spread" that passes for a smile and said, "I have to make sure these things won't kill people!" And people swallowed that load of shit and elected him anyway.

I'm not sure I have any sympathy for older folks on prescriptions who voted for the Idiot. He didn't fool me for a minute and they shouldn't have been fooled by him, either.

[w4rma]

12. ... Until after the election. (nt)

[ecoalex]

13. Lower gas prices now importation of drugs pandering obviously, too late Ha

[Tempest]

14. Wouldn't this constitute a flip-flop?

Just asking... :)

[FlaGranny]

15. Sen. Nelson (FL) has been working on this issue

for some time. He has sent out periodic updates to his constituents regarding the issue. I'm glad that he and his colleagues have succeeded and I hope it's not just a temporary victory.