Dirty Canadian drugs may not be available much longer..

[hel_ana]

TORONTO - Canadian health officials are drafting a proposal to prevent Internet pharmacies from selling mail-order prescription drugs to U.S. consumers, a spokesman said Wednesday, a move that would essentially kill a $700-million industry that has become increasingly popular with patients south of the border.

The three-pronged measure being considered by Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh would prevent Canadian doctors from countersigning prescriptions for U.S. patients without examining them in person, spokesman Ken Polk said.

It also would prohibit prescriptions for foreigners who are not present in Canada and create a list banning certain drugs that are widely used by Canadians from being exported, Polk said.

A proposal was expected to be presented to Prime Minister Paul Martin's cabinet this month.

Of course, the St Pete times gave this the headline Canadian drug plan would hurt U.S. consumers

To which I say: suck it up. Canada is its own country, with its own laws, and they make those laws in the best interest of Canada just like the US does.

Comments

[thyroidal.livejournal.com]

It's about time.

[the-nita.livejournal.com]

Not a huge surprise, all round.

And the US, for all that it fought being a colony, is perfectly willing (by antecdotal evidence) to treat the rest of us as colonies, so it's not a huge surprise that they're complaining how it would affect the US.

Feh...and there will be some way around the rules - again - as usual.

[hel_ana]

Well, from the brief, it looks as if people *go* to Canada, establish a relationship with a Canadian doctor, and then buy the drugs themselves, they'll still be able to buy in Canada.

Which is fine, because the number of Canadian doctors able to take on more patients is pretty low, and only people who live by the border are going to be able to take advantage of it.

[jamesx.livejournal.com]

I completely agree with the last sentence. It'll be better in the long run, and it's about time we stopped expecting the rest of the planet to behave in our best interests.

Besides, maybe this'll cause our citizenry to wake up and force the boot-licking shitheels in Congress to bring those usurous pharma bastards to heel. But I doubt it.

[hel_ana]

Hell, if Congress would just stop letting them advertise it'd go a long way to solving the problem.

[cous-cous.livejournal.com]

Thank God! I was so worried about the safety of the American Public with all those dirty canadian drugs.

Now, I can sleep at night.