"They" never said that you would die from substandard pharmaceuticals. "They" did say, however, that buying meds on line, especially from Canada, dramatically increased the risk of obtaining counterfeit or adulterated drugs.
That hasn't changed. Actually, it's only gotten worse. The WHO estimates that 10% of all drugs world wide are counterfeit. Organized crime is making a fortune selling these drugs to unwitting consumers. The FDA did a study back in 2005 that showed 85% of all internet drugs purporting to be from Canada actually came from one of 25 other countries like China, India, Costa Rica etc. Yeah, those are the countries I want my pharmaceuticals coming from.
Besides these obvious concerns, and as a conservative, do you really want access to cheaper drugs due to foreign imposed price controls? Socialism, or something worse, is ok as long as it results in you getting your drugs for less money? Countries practicing price controls don't develop new drugs. That is a fact. Does removing the profit motive spur innovation in your world? Do you think future generations should forgo innovation so you can have access to artificial prices forced upon industry by government? Over the past 15 years, nine out of 10 of all new drugs have been discovered here in the US. Why do you think that is?
Hyperbole, Mase. Hyperbole.