Canada Signals Crackdown on Internet Pharmacies

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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. ......