Canada warned the United States on Wednesday that while it has seen no evidence of prescription drug shortages at home, it cannot act as America's "drugstore."
"To me it is a matter of common sense that Canada cannot be the drugstore of the United States. Neither American consumers nor Canadian suppliers should have any illusions otherwise," Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh said in a speech at Harvard University.
"It is difficult for me to conceive of how a small country like Canada could meet the prescription drug needs of approximately 280 million Americans without putting our own supply at serious risk...
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Not to mention that the Canadian Medical Association and the Canadian Pharmacists Association, as well as many disease advocacy groups, oppose Internet Pharmacy and supplying prescription medications to the US.