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Economist Demonstrates That U.S. Drug Importation Would Endanger Canada’s Prescription Medication Supply

August 14, 2019
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This editorial by Fergus Hodgson was published in the Epoch Times on August 14, 2019. Mr. Hodgson is an independent economic consultant, and Executive Editor of the Antigua Report.

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Senator McSally Meets with Experts on the Counterfeit Drug Trade

August 14, 2019
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The Arizona Republic has reported that Executive Director Shabbir Safdar, along with Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone, Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration special agent in charge Doug Coleman, and Phoenix-area pharmacist Randle House and met with U.S. Senator Martha McSally in Arizona on August 8th to seek her assistance and support for efforts to protect the U.S. prescription drug supply from counterfeit medication

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Canadian Physician Warns that American Drug Importation is Bad for Canada

August 13, 2019
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This editorial by Dr. Charles S. Shaver was published in The Hamilton Spectator on August 11, 2019. Dr. Shaver i a practicing physician in Ottawa. He is a graduate of Princeton University and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Shaver is also past chair of the section on general internal medicine of the Ontario Medical Association.

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Canadians Concerned About US Prescription Drug Importation Proposals

August 8, 2019
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John Adams of the Best Medicines Coalition, a Canadian group that represents 28 different patient organizations, has described the Trump administration’s plan to import medication from Canada as a “clear and present danger” to the Canadian prescription drug system, according to AP.

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Economist Warns that Federal Drug Importation is Folly

August 7, 2019
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This editorial by Wayne Winegarden, Ph.D. appeared in Forbes on August 7, 2019. Dr. Winegarden is the Managing Editor for EconoSTATS and a senior Fellow in Business and Economics at the Pacific Research Institute.

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Policy Expert: “Even if Canada were a willing participant, the U.S. can’t ensure the safety of these drugs.”

August 7, 2019
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In this editorial, which was published in The Washington Examiner on August 5, 2019, Pacific Research Institute CEO Sally Pipes explains that ” importing prescription drugs would put our lives in danger.”

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San Diego is in the Midst of a Deadly Counterfeit Pill Crisis, with 50 Confirmed Deaths Thus Far

August 6, 2019
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U.S. Attorney Robert Brewer has issued a public safety warning concerning deadly counterfeit oxycodone pills in San Diego County. NBC San Diego reports, “The U.S. Attorney’s Office said border seizures, prosecutions and overdoses in San Diego County are on pace to reach all-time highs by the end of 2019. The Medical Examiner’s Office reports 50 confirmed fentanyl-related fatal overdoses so far this year, and says 28 more suspected cases are waiting to be confirmed.”

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Protect patients from wholesalers who break the supply chain

August 5, 2019

Protect patients from wholesalers who break the supply chain American Medicine Is Only Safe Because of Our Closed Supply Chain Since 2012, the U.S. government has identified and prosecuted wholesalers who have enriched themselves by importing drugs—some of them counterfeit, and all of them non-FDA-approved—from all over the world. These wholesalers misrepresented the source of their products, claiming that they…

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Importation Won’t Save Money, warn Citizens Against Government Waste

August 2, 2019
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In this July 31, 2019 blog post on the Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) website, CAGW Director of Health and Science Policy Elizabeth Wright questions the questions the effectiveness and safety of government importation schemes.

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Prime Minister Trudeau Promises to Protect the Canadian Drug Supply In The Face Of The U.S. Drug Importation Statement

August 1, 2019
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was interviewed today in Iqaluit, and according to CBC Canada, he reassured Canadians that Health Canada is already safeguarding the Canadian prescription drug supply regardless of international pressure.

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