Importing Prescription Drugs from Canada is Tougher than it Sounds

Importation into the U.S. would fit that bill. If we really did begin importing large quantities of drugs from Canada, its domestic supplies could shrink.

• Pharmaceutical companies would have every incentive to either limit Canada’s supplies, to ensure that not many pills make it back across the border, or to try to raise their prices in Canada.

There are other problems, too, despite importation’s political popularity here.

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