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Old 02-05-2008, 23:12 PM   #12 (permalink)
Shek
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Originally Posted by bonehead View Post
Remember when we used to get cheaper medicine from other nations, namely Canada, until our government put a stop to it? Who do you think was pulling the strings and lobbying congress to close the "loop holes" that allowed less expensive medicine for the common man? Some companies are more difficult to walk away from than you might think.
Bonehead,

Reimportation is good in the short run, but very bad for the long run. Profits is what fuels R&D for new drugs, and so destroying profits is equivalent to destroying future drugs.
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