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Imported Beef/Grain OK- Drugs Not?

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This was the talk of the town today-- The Bush administration says that beef from Canada, Australia, Japan and NZ is safe to import- virtually uninspected by any US inspectors- but the drugs of these same countries are not (even tho many are manufactured by the same companies that are sold in the US) :roll:

If that doesn't show you who controls D.C. I don't know what does.....

Senate Blocks Bid to Allow Prescription Drug Imports
Monday, May 07, 2007

WASHINGTON — The Senate effectively killed a bid to allow consumers to buy their prescription medicines abroad Monday, requiring U.S. officials to certify the safety and effectiveness of such drugs.

The certification amendment, passed on a 49-40 vote, would require health officials to do something they have long said they cannot.

Because of that, the vote undercut a second measure that would permit prescription drug imports from Food and Drug Administration-approved sources in Canada, Australia, Europe, Japan and New Zealand.

Overseas, drugs can cost two-thirds less than they do in the United States, where prices for brand-name drugs are among the highest in the world.

The Bush administration opposes allowing imports of prescription drugs, and the White House had threatened a veto.

The pharmaceutical industry vehemently opposes allowing drug imports, arguing that they could leave the nation vulnerable to dangerous counterfeits.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,270515,00.html
 
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