With a growing number of senior citizens being forced to choose between paying the high cost of prescription drugs or heating their home, Rhode Island Rep. Fausto Anguilla said he couldn't wait any longer for the federal government to step in. By Jennifer Fenn Monday February 21, 2005 Read the full story at sentinelandenterprise.com.

Washington — With a little push from every Tom, Dick and … Homer, lawmakers have introduced new legislation that would require the Food and Drug Administration to implement measures enabling reimportation over agency officials' safety warnings. By Joel B. Finkelstein, AMNews staff. Feb. 21, 2005. Read the full story at ama-assn.org.

Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) seized P5 million worth of counterfeit and expired drugs during a raid on the house of a former medical representative in the City of San Fernando in Pampanga last Thursday afternoon. By Cecille Suerte Felipe 02/19/2005 Read the full story at philstar.com.

OTTAWA, Feb 18 (Reuters) – The Canadian government is considering a total ban on exports of price-controlled patented drugs as a way of preserving the country's lower prices for medicine, Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh said on Friday. By Randall Palmer Fri Feb 18, 2005 01:24 PM ET Read the full story at reuters.com.

WINNIPEG – The Minnesota government has started contacting First Nations in the state to see if they'd be willing to provide citizens with prescription drugs from Canada. CBC News Fri, 18 Feb 2005 Read the full story at cbc.ca.

The Ministry of Health welcomes the convictions of a Dunedin company, Vanilla Limited, and its two shareholders in relation to the sale of prescription medicines over the internet in breach of the Medicines Act 1981. Press Release: Ministry of Health Friday, 18 February 2005 Read the full story at scoop.co.nz.

Indian bands in Manitoba and neighbouring Minnesota are talking about using their special ''sovereign'' status to trade prescription drugs across the border, possibly to be sold at pharmacies located in native-run casinos in the United States. Tom Blackwell, National Post Friday, February 18, 2005 Read the full story at .com.

A FORMER medical representative was arrested in a buy-bust operation that also led to the seizure of counterfeit and expired drugs worth about P5 million. By Leila Salaverria, Inquirer News Service Feb 18, 2005 Read the full story at news.inq7.net.

Thousands of fake diamond-shaped little blue pills that promise to improve male sexual performance have flooded KwaZulu-Natal. By Kuben Chetty and Sapa February 17, 2005 Read the full story at dailynews.co.za.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. A Jefferson County man was sent to federal prison Tuesday for drug charges that crisscrossed the United States. February 17, 2005 Read the full story at whnt.com.