Forum (Forum & Focus)
Sep. 25, 2008
Drug Importation Is a Prescription for Disaster
With 3.5 billion prescriptions written each year, the United States is an attractive market for those who prey on the sick, writes Bryan A. Liang.
FORUM COLUMN
By Bryan A. Liang On Thursday, Sept. 18, advisers to both Barack Obama and John McCain announced that the candidates are reevaluating their support for foreign drug importation. With the recent Heparin fiasco and so many stories of substandard and lethal goods invading our shores lately, this is important news. In the past, supporters of drug importation have suggested that if drugs are purchased from "safe" countries like C...
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