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| | | | | |  | | | 1. | Canada says it cannot monitor drugs bound only for export. Its focus is the medicines used by Canadians. | | 2. | Some Internet pharmacies that claim to be Canadian are actually located in third world countries. | | 3. | Even drugs that are mailed from Canada may actually be from countries like India, Vietnam and Latvia. | | 4. | You may be asked to sign a waiver that would release the online pharmacy and Canadian government from responsibility if your medicines are counterfeit, contaminated or mishandled. | | 5. | The U.S. FDA and Surgeon General agree that there are serious safety risks with imported medicines.. | | | There are other ways to get the medicines you need. You don’t need to go to foreign countries like Canada. Click here for ways to save on your medicines today. | | | | |
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NBC's Dateline investigates
how fake prescription drugs have popped up at pharmacies'
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Health Minister Announces Strategy to Protect Canadians' Supply of Safe and Affordable Prescription Drugs.
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Arizona's and Texas' Attorneys
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Federal agencies find the volume of prescription drugs
imported into the United States is substantial and increasing;
FDA officials said that they cannot assure the public of the
safety of drugs purchased from foreign sources outside the
U.S. regulatory system.
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Counterfeit drugs make up one of the world's most prolific, sophisticated and rapidly growing black market industries.
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New Counterfeit Report Presented in Washington, DC
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BuySafeDrugs.info is your complete resource for information on:
Drug importation
Buying prescriptions online
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programs
Counterfeit medicines
Policy papers
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Read new report on fake, counterfeit drug seized in UK, Spain, Italy.
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Bloomberg - 8/29/2005 - If you have a disease that has yet to be cured, your best hope is the U.S. pharmaceutical industry.
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Former FDA official examines the risks of imported medicines.
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Senator Orrin Hatch(R-UT) speaks out against importation in Roll Call.
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“Importation Schemes
Threaten Public Health”; US Braces for Flood
of Fake Drugs
Legislation to allow the importation of drugs from Canada and other nations, on the eve of availability of Medicare
and drug company discount cards, is an open door for cheap, unsafe, foreign medications that will flood America,
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The Drug Enforcement Agency warns buying drugs online may be illegal
and dangerous. 
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising consumers not
to purchase prescription drugs from websites that have orders filled by
Mediplan Prescription Plus Pharmacy or Mediplan Global Health in
Manitoba, Canada following reports of counterfeit versions of
prescription drug products being sold by these companies to U.S.
consumers. 
