August 31, 2006

Americans ask "Why can't we get drugs from Canada?"

A Wall Street Journal online/Harris Interactive poll shows that two-thirds of Americans strongly believe a law prohibiting pharmaceutical imports from Canada and other countries is intended to protect drug-company profits. Only 9% feel strongly that it helps protect Americans from potentially harmful drugs.

Other poll results:

"80% of Americans favor allowing people to import prescription drugs from Canada and other countries if they are much less expensive there.

More than three-quarters of those polled said they believe confiscating drugs at the Canadian border jeopardizes the health of some Americans, compared with 15% who disagree. And 84% of those surveyed said they agree with making it legal to import drugs from Canada if they are approved and vetted by that country's drug regulatory agency, Health Canada, compared with 9% who disagree."

Posted by schwitz at August 31, 2006 07:19 AM | TrackBack
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