Are Canadian drugs the answer?

[The One and Only...]

Originally Posted by AChimp

Yeah, because sneaky border guards will secretly charge Americans MORE money than they already paid a Canadian pharmacy for, just so that it makes no difference for individuals to import their prescriptions.

OAO once again demonstrates how awesome his high school intellect is.

Achimp once again demonstrates his lack of understanding in political matters.

Sure, you can go to Canada to buy drugs if you live near the border. That's not what I'm talking about, you tard. I'm talking about a general re-importation of drugs and a release of them on the U.S. market.

Those drugs aren't going to cost less just because they were re-imported from Canada. You're drug cost regulations will no longer apply, so there will be no force to prevent the costs from returning to normal U.S. prices.

The only way prices would drop would be if a middle man developed, who bought drugs at lowered prices then resold them at a slightly higher price in order to make a profit. However, I'm pretty sure that there are legal regulations against that from happening as a general market practice, and number two, even if there aren't, pharmaceutical companies would simply quit selling drugs to the middle men after they figured out what was going on. Then, they could strong-arm legal contracts preventing further abuses of the Canadian legal system.