Canadians Seek Ban on Americans' Drug Shopping
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Canadians must stop Americans from using Internet pharmacies to raid its medicine chest or face a drug shortage, a coalition of Canadian groups representing seniors, pharmacies and patients has warned.    The groups, claiming to represent 10 million Canadians, or about one-third the population, called on the Canadian government Monday to ban prescription drug exports...
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TORONTO, Jan. 6 -- The Canadian health minister plans to restrict the supply of inexpensive prescription drugs shipped to about 2 million patients in the United States each year, and industry officials here are saying President Bush is behind the move.
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Canadian Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh on Tuesday said that national authorities would continue a &quot;crackdown&quot; against online pharmacies that sell prescription drugs to US residents, but provincial officials appeared &quot;to adopt a softer line&quot; with the
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In a Sept. 28 story about the interception of drugs purportedly sent from Canada, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the medications had been ordered by Americans from the Web site www.CanadaRx.com. The drugs were ordered through www.CanadaRx.net.
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WASHINGTON -- House Republicans tentatively agreed yesterday to prohibit customs agents from seizing prescription drugs that Americans buy in Canada .
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The federal government is scaling back its efforts to intercept personal prescription orders mailed from Canada and other countries, a step that could make it easier for consumers to obtain cheaper drugs from abroad.
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U.S. customs officials will still  seize prescription drugs imported from Canada through the mail  but will hand over enforcement to federal health officials in a  policy reversal that one lawmaker said would benefit consumers  seeking cheaper medicines.
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Importing drugs from Canada and other nations where prices are lower wouldn&#39;t generate enough savings for US consumers to justify the risks, regulatory costs or harm to the drug industry, a federal task force found.
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Americans wanting to buy many common  cold medicines would have to go to a drug store and ask the  pharmacist under legislation introduced on Wednesday aimed at  fighting the spread of the illegal stimulant methamphetamine.
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Canadians must stop Americans from using Internet pharmacies to raid its medicine chest or face a drug shortage, a coalition of Canadian groups representing seniors, pharmacies and patients has warned.
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Canada's health minister said Wednesday that his country "cannot be the drug store of the United States" &#151; a warning that comes as several states are pushing to buy low-cost prescription drugs north of the border.
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Only 4 percent of Americans have ever used the Internet to buy prescription drugs &#151; and even fewer do so through foreign pharmacies &#151; despite Web sites maintained by a handful of states to help citizens import medicines more cheaply from Canada, a new study finds.
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDayNews) -- A new joint program in Illinois and Wisconsin to help residents buy cheaper prescription drugs from Canada and Europe is the latest challenge to the United States' ban on drug importation.
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So let&#39;s get this straight: it&#39;s not OK to bring prescription drugs into the country from Canada . . . until it is? While the Bush administration has opposed reimportation of drugs from Canada - and Congress
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The county that is home to the Food and Drug Administration took a first step Tuesday toward buying prescription drugs from Canada, despite FDA warnings that such a practice would be illegal.
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the Mecca of Canada&#39;s $800-million-a-year online pharmacy industry - were pleading for their lives yesterday in the face of a government crackdown that
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The Montgomery County Council voted Tuesday to begin buying medications in Canada, joining a handful of local governments and nearly 2 million U.S. consumers in defying federal law.