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U.S. says Illinois can't import drugs from Canada
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| Contributor | Servo |
| Last Edited | Servo Dec 23, 2003 09:59pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - San Francisco Chronicle |
| News Date | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | As the latest in a series of maneuvers designed to put pressure on U.S. officials who say filling prescriptions in Canada violates federal law, Gov. Rod Blagojevich of Illinois asked Tommy Thompson, the secretary of health and human services, to allow the state to buy drugs in Canada for its employees and retired employees as part of a first "federally approved drug importation pilot program."
But William Pierce, Thompson's spokesman, said Thompson could waive the federal regulations only if he could also guarantee the safety of drugs coming from Canada. Pierce said Thompson has found no evidence to support such a guarantee.
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