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2004/12/21 [Politics/Foreign/Canada, Health] UID:35376 Activity:high
12/21   Does anyone really believe this?
        http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/12/21/drug.imports.ap/index.html
        "Report: Drug imports safe or cheap -- not both"
        \_ Yes, and not because any administration says it.  It's basic
           economics and patent issues.
           \_ So why don't they say:
              "Report: Drug imports not possible because of patent issues"
              "Report: Drug imports not possible because of economic and
               patent issues"
              \_ Because the average person has the attention span of a gnat
                 and wouldn't pay attention long enough to understand.  Drug
                 Imports BAD.  This is the (correct) response to the equally
                 useless Drug Imports GOOD.
                 \_ Actually, I think it's because you'll lose votes if
                    you tell it like it is.  "We're trying to protect you"
                    sounds a lot better than "We're protecting U.S. drug
                    companies' IP rights".
        \_ No. There is no need to re-inspect everything coming from Canada.
           We can save lots of money just by trusting the Canadian FDA
           equivalent to do the work for us.
           \_ Except Canada has already said they won't be our drug store.
        \_ If drugs from Canada are not safe, then should we be seeing many
           sick or dead Canadians?  Or are we implying that the Americans
           are too fragile to take drugs from Canada?
           \_ Except Canada has already said they won't be our drug store.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration said Tuesday that permitting A mericans to buy prescription drugs abroad safely, if it can be done at a ll, would wipe away most consumer savings and diminish investment in new medicines. Americans would be better off increasing their use of generic medicines, which often are cheaper in the United States than elsewhere, said a repo rt from an administration task force studying the feasibility of legaliz ed drug imports. "It would be extraordinarily difficult and costly for 'personal' importat ion to be implemented in a way that ensures the safety and effectiveness of the imported drugs," the report said. Savings from commercial importation would be small because it would be ex pensive for the government to increase substantially the regulation of d rug manufacturers and distributors, the report said. The report, mandated by last year's Medicare prescription drug law, exami ned whether medicines can safely be brought into this country from Canad a and elsewhere, where brand-name drugs cost at least a third less. Several bills in the Senate would have permitted imports from Canada, whe re brand-name medicines cost a third or more less. An Associated Press poll this year found that nearly two-thirds of those surveyed said the government should make it easier to buy cheaper drugs from Canada or other countries. A growing number of cities and states are helping employees and retirees buy drugs from Canada, over the objections of the Food and Drug Administ ration and pharmacists organizations.