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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 03:30 AM Original message |
Feds seizing Canadian prescription drugs |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 03:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. I pledge allegiance... |
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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 03:48 AM Response to Original message |
2. Well, they haven't been tested by the US government.... |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 07:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. It is the profit motive only |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. Sure they have. Same drugs, manufactured in the same plants. |
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Harper_is_Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 03:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
33. They're the same drugs though. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 03:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Canadian medicare pays for a lot of drugs too |
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CHIMO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:33 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. 16. How does the PMPRB review the pricing information for all patented med |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 04:04 PM Response to Reply #43 |
63. I think the government picks up cost for hospital out-patient as well |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 10:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
59. Of course they have -- they are the SAME drugs |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 03:55 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's only illegal if there are no profits to be made... |
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caligirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 03:57 AM Response to Original message |
4. W's oath to big pharma, to confiscate on their behalf |
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caledesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 05:10 AM Response to Original message |
5. It happened to me! DO NOT ORDER FROM CANADA |
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Quakerfriend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 05:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Thx for sharing your story! |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 05:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Pretty disgusting, isn't it? |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 07:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. this has been their lame excuse for decades. |
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caledesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 03:14 AM Response to Reply #14 |
44. Yeah, and doesn't Canada get a lot of their drugs from the good 'ol USA? |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 04:52 PM Response to Reply #44 |
65. Perhaps from US drug companies, but not necessarily made here. |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 03:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
36. How was it being mailed to you? |
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caledesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 03:18 AM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Ordered on the Web...regular postage. I am on Medicare too. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 08:35 AM Response to Reply #36 |
53. Wouldn't Fed Ex or U.P.S. be smarter than the post office. |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:53 AM Response to Reply #53 |
60. I read awhile ago that |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 08:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
52. Drugs from Canada might not be safe |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 08:35 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Kiss your free Canadian Health Care goodbye if he is in their to long. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 03:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
62. For a lot of us, ordering from Canada is the only way to afford these |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 05:45 AM Response to Original message |
7. Blame Canada |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
9. Yeah, throw the sick and elderly behind bars! Criminals every one! |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 07:48 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. says it is "unclear why" feds have increased confiscations now. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 07:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. in reading more of the article----re-shipments not confiscated.--almost |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 07:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. and the Feds are mum! |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 08:04 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. The randomness is just more insideous. The fear gets spread |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 08:15 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. lets see Jan 1... beginning of Plan D - not enough enrollees |
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dmr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 03:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
35. I think that may be it |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
17. Well, there goes my blood pressure again. |
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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
18. Terror Alert: Canadian prescription drugs |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
19. Republicans don't like free trade when it actually helps consumers. |
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anitar1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 03:41 AM Response to Reply #19 |
47. I have a feeling that this is pissing off some low income Pugs.n/t |
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seafan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
20. Couldn't get the story link to work. Here's another link: |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
21. This story should be broadcast far and wide. How stupid are our |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Hear Hear! |
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caledesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 03:22 AM Response to Reply #21 |
46. I am a baby-boomer. They want us dead (the bulk of the |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
22. Nice to know my son is in Iraq fighting for the freedom |
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Generator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
24. Ah the benefits of free trade! |
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ZapaPaine (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
25. When you live in the United Corporations of America you... |
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ninkasi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
26. The motive is profit, nothing else |
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ZapaPaine (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
27. And we think we have so many freedoms... |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
28. What about NAFTA? |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 08:36 AM Response to Reply #28 |
55. Actually, it also applies when American businesses |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
30. Our tax dollars at work to ensure maximum profits for big pharma. n/t |
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greiner3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
31. I take 5 medications daily; |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 02:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. You are in my prayers, greiner3. |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 03:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Greiner3, have you looked at your medications and asked your doc |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
34. The story has already been removed from their servers. Free Speech? |
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preciousdove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:03 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. It was gone and is now back at a different link |
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confludemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
37. This'll go to the Supreme Court and Alito will cast the deciding vote |
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preciousdove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
40. NEW LINK! |
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RedOnce (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
42. This just happened to my 82 year old mother in California! |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
48. By all means, let's protect the profits of the pharmecuticals, instead |
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Dunvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
49. Homeland Security seizing medications from elderly, former Customs officia |
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Mizmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
50. How many packages do they sift through |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 08:29 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. they probably x-ray everything now. |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
56. I hope (and will try my darnedest) not to ever give the traitors a dime... |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
57. This makes me so ill. I have afriend who gets her son's |
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Tight_rope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
58. Well...I can't wait to see the news tonight...A MAJOR DRUG COMPANY |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
61. A doctor in Maine got in trouble for co-signing LEGAL prescriptions |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
64. Ain't facism GREAT? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
66. "....the media concentration permitted in the 1990s" |
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Macman44 (51 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
67. The article is full of crap. |
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realFedUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-11-06 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
68. Getting drugs in our water.... |
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