Prescription Drugs
Since, 9/11, the Bush regime has failed to secure our border with Mexico to stop illegal immigration. Instead, our government has stepped up seizure of Canadian prescription drugs entering this country from Canada.
Last November, Customs and Border Protection began vigorously enforcing a law that bans U.S. citizens from buying prescription drugs outside of the United States. Since then federal officials have confiscated more than 40,000 shipments. Critics say the agency is jeopardizing the lives of U.S. citizens and ignoring other issues like illegal drug and human smuggling on the southern border.
A 90-day supply of the osteoporosis medicine Fosamax costs $210 in the United States, but in Canada it's half that. Many senior citizens that live on fixed incomes have little choice but to order Fosamax and other medications from Canada.
Senior citizens who order prescription medicine from Canada have found their supplies cut off, without warning, which has left tens of thousands of people in the country without their prescription medications. Seniors insist that where they buy their drugs should be their choice.
Democratic Senator Bill Nelson of Florida said: “The problem is that the United States government is going after the wrong thing. They shouldn't be going after the drugs that we know that are safe, because the Canadian Health Agency has approved it, and it's only for personal use of Americans for a limited supply.”
It's well known that pharmaceutical associations have a lot of sway on Capitol Hill. There are about two pharmaceutical lobbyists for every elected official in Washington. One can safely assume that these lobbyist have something to do with the crackdown on Canadian drugs being exported to the United States. Campaign contributions to Congressional Republicans have a lot to do with which laws the Bush regime enforces and which laws it is chooses to ignore.
The Senate approved an amendment to the Homeland Security appropriations bill that would essentially stop the seizure of prescription medicine by customs, and the House approved a similar measure in May. However, the bill is hung up in a conference committee and the language could very well be taken out of the final version.
Last November, Customs and Border Protection began vigorously enforcing a law that bans U.S. citizens from buying prescription drugs outside of the United States. Since then federal officials have confiscated more than 40,000 shipments. Critics say the agency is jeopardizing the lives of U.S. citizens and ignoring other issues like illegal drug and human smuggling on the southern border.
A 90-day supply of the osteoporosis medicine Fosamax costs $210 in the United States, but in Canada it's half that. Many senior citizens that live on fixed incomes have little choice but to order Fosamax and other medications from Canada.
Senior citizens who order prescription medicine from Canada have found their supplies cut off, without warning, which has left tens of thousands of people in the country without their prescription medications. Seniors insist that where they buy their drugs should be their choice.
Democratic Senator Bill Nelson of Florida said: “The problem is that the United States government is going after the wrong thing. They shouldn't be going after the drugs that we know that are safe, because the Canadian Health Agency has approved it, and it's only for personal use of Americans for a limited supply.”
It's well known that pharmaceutical associations have a lot of sway on Capitol Hill. There are about two pharmaceutical lobbyists for every elected official in Washington. One can safely assume that these lobbyist have something to do with the crackdown on Canadian drugs being exported to the United States. Campaign contributions to Congressional Republicans have a lot to do with which laws the Bush regime enforces and which laws it is chooses to ignore.
The Senate approved an amendment to the Homeland Security appropriations bill that would essentially stop the seizure of prescription medicine by customs, and the House approved a similar measure in May. However, the bill is hung up in a conference committee and the language could very well be taken out of the final version.
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