Keeping 'Merica Safe From Canadian Drugs
The other night in the U.S. Presidential debates, President George W. Bush was asked why the U.S. government was blocking drug imports from Canada.
The President responded by saying that the verdict was still out on Canadian drugs. "I just want to make sure the 'merican people are safe", he claimed in his folksy Texan drawl.
The last time I checked, the buses were headed to, not from, Canada, Mr. President. There is not one single documented case of an American getting sick from Canadian drugs. There are currently more uninsured Americans than there are Canadians, and many of those uninsured Americans are children who, no thanks to child labour laws, are unable to work in a mill or sweatshop in order to pay for their own insurance--although that may change if Bush is elected.
There is no more shameful sight for an American to see than a busload of senior citizens waiting at the Canadian border while on their way to obtain prescription drugs.
My Canadian friends...Would you consider crossing the border to purchase our more expensive, and purportedly safer, American drugs?
For my money, if you want to get some serious bang for your pharmecutial buck, go to Asia. Korean pharmacies still sell a kick-ass cough syrup with codine in it, and a general disregard for trademarks makes prescriptions unbelieveably cheap.
The other night in the U.S. Presidential debates, President George W. Bush was asked why the U.S. government was blocking drug imports from Canada.
The President responded by saying that the verdict was still out on Canadian drugs. "I just want to make sure the 'merican people are safe", he claimed in his folksy Texan drawl.
The last time I checked, the buses were headed to, not from, Canada, Mr. President. There is not one single documented case of an American getting sick from Canadian drugs. There are currently more uninsured Americans than there are Canadians, and many of those uninsured Americans are children who, no thanks to child labour laws, are unable to work in a mill or sweatshop in order to pay for their own insurance--although that may change if Bush is elected.
There is no more shameful sight for an American to see than a busload of senior citizens waiting at the Canadian border while on their way to obtain prescription drugs.
My Canadian friends...Would you consider crossing the border to purchase our more expensive, and purportedly safer, American drugs?
For my money, if you want to get some serious bang for your pharmecutial buck, go to Asia. Korean pharmacies still sell a kick-ass cough syrup with codine in it, and a general disregard for trademarks makes prescriptions unbelieveably cheap.
