Canada May Alter Its Policy on Sale of Drugs
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Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; Canada might soon prohibit pharmacies from selling prescription drugs to mail-order customers &#8212; a move that would cut off a market that is increasingly popular with U.S. seniors eager to take advantage of Canadian price controls that make drugs there far cheaper than at home.
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Lexington retiree Gerry Adams has been buying her prescription medications from Canada for two years. The move, Adams said, saves her money and her doctor doesn't hesitate to write a prescription knowing it will be filled in Canada.
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Canada is poised to become the first country to endorse a cannabis-based medicine after issuing final terms for the approval of a painkiller for multiple sclerosis patients.
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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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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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TIJUANA, Mexico -- Californians shopping for cheaper prescription drugs may have gotten a break when the state Legislature voted to ease access to low-cost medicines from Canada, but south of the border, bargain-hunters can pay an unexpected, traumatic cost -- time in a Mexican jail.
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Canada's relaxed drug laws may be fueling a boom in marijuana exports to America
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Canada may have to toughen up rules on Internet pharmacies' sales of medicines to the United States, Industry Minister David Emerson said on Friday, amid public concerns of shortages or price spikes despite controls.
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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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OTTAWA - Canada&#39;s highly successful price-control regime for prescription drugs could be at stake in the controversy over Internet drug exports, says Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh.
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Gov. Rod Blagojevich has made headlines for turning to Canada to try to get prescription drugs at lower prices for the state. Now he's looking beyond the nation's northern neighbor.
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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.
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Some Canadians say they are having problems getting supplies of their prescription drugs and they blame the Internet pharmacy business for it.
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Canadian pharmacies must stop exporting huge amounts of prescription drugs to the United States and elsewhere or Canada will face domestic shortages, a coalition of groups representing pharmacies, patients, and seniors has warned.
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The government said Tuesday that intercepted drugs purportedly sent from Canada were made and shipped elsewhere, had been subject to Canadian recall and had cheaper generic counterparts in the United States.
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The state of Illinois is about to become a federal lawbreaker - and proud of it. Last week, it announced that in September it will help residents buy medicine from pre-screened pharmacies in Canada and Europe.
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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