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I don't appreciate the nanny state stepping in and telling me that now I must buy my generic drugs from American manufacturers "for my own good." If that's your idea of American values, I suggest that you have your head someplace it requires a contortionionst to reach.

The point of this thread was not so much whether what Roberts is doing is legal (it isn't) or moral (who knows?) but that she is not being prosecuted for breaking the law by Barry Krischer.

On the contrary, she is citing him as her legal out. And it would appear that he is contributing to her campaign for Congress.

Sorry if it was too subtle.

BTW, have you ever met a thalidomide baby?

"The point of this thread was not so much whether what Roberts is doing is legal (it isn't) or moral (who knows?) but that she is not being prosecuted for breaking the law by Barry Krischer."

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I understand why you started the thread, but I disagree with your premise. It's not an automatic violation of law to import cheaper drugs from Canada.

It's a violation to RE-IMPORT drugs manufactured in the US which were originally exported to Canada.

It's generally a violation to import unapproved drugs except that there are loopholes to this.

It's a violation to import drugs without a valid prescription.

It's a violation to import drugs which appear on a DEA schedule.

Etc. etc. etc. If you dot your "i"s and cross your "t"s, and turn your corners at right angles, you won't violate the law. If Limbaugh did the same, he won't be in trouble, either.

As for the thalidomide argument, what part of "FDA approved" didn't you get?

This reminds me of the clash with the FDA over imported non-pasteurized cheese. They wanted to ban the import of non-pasteurized cheeses, but under pressure from connoisseurs of smelly French cheeses, who have their own lobby, eventually caved and put in loopholes.

Too bad Oxycontin addicts don't have a lobby like us old farts who want cheap prescription drugs. Congress and the FDA will back down before we do.