Canadian Pharmacists Fear Americans Will Deplete Drug Supply
The Ontario Pharmacists’ Association has issued an open letter to the Canada’s Minister of Health expressing its grave concern that a recent ruling by the U.S. Congress that will again allow U.S. citizens to cross the Canadian border in order to purchase cheaper prescription drugs, according to Halifax Live.
The new legislations include relaxing border enforcement as American citizens re-enter the U.S. with large supplies of prescription drugs. This also applies to Internet and mail order sales.
“We are deeply disturbed that in spite of the serious implications for Canada’s drug supply and the health and safety of Canadians, there is no evidence of consultation with the Government of Canada, or of any effort to ask how our pharmacists and drug experts view American patients raiding Canada’s medicine cabinet”.
