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by tlb 15y ago

The directors are being sued personally, not Google Inc. Being a director of a public company is a pain in the ass because millions of shareholders all have reasons to sue you. Ordering drugs from Canada is not unsafe. Canada is a first-world country. Compared to the US, life expectancy is 2.4 years longer and government regulators are less corrupt.

stonemetal 15y ago
Ordering drugs online from a company that claims to be in Canada is perhaps not as safe.
- tlb 15y ago
  Not as safe as from a company that claims to be in the US? It's not clear that one is easier to spoof than the other.
  - stonemetal 15y ago
    Not as safe as walking in to a physical pharmacy.
sixtofour 15y ago
"Ordering drugs from Canada is not unsafe." But it is illegal.
- 0x12 15y ago
  This is an interesting bit all by itself, you could be ordering the exact same medication from Canada at a lower price and it would still be illegal, but it actually shouldn't be. The free market is great as long as it doesn't cost Uncle Sam or big companies their taxes or margins.
- tlb 15y ago
  No, not for most drugs with a valid prescription. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_pharmacy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_pharmacy
anamax 15y ago
> Compared to the US, life expectancy is 2.4 years longer Yes, but if Canada is like almost every other country, Canadian-Americans live longer than their countrymen who didn't leave. > government regulators are less corrupt. Yup, they're just like Minnesota and the other demographically similar states. Moving on.... > Ordering drugs from Canada is not unsafe. Does Canada care what happens to not-Canadians who buy drugs by mail order? (Honest question - I don't know.) FWIW, I thought that legit drug companies had solved this "problem" by limiting their sales to Canada so that the supply matched the local demand. If so, would Canada forgo drugs for its residents so outsiders can get a bargain?

by tlb 15y ago

stonemetal 15y ago

Ordering drugs online from a company that claims to be in Canada is perhaps not as safe.

tlb 15y ago
Not as safe as from a company that claims to be in the US? It's not clear that one is easier to spoof than the other.
- stonemetal 15y ago
  Not as safe as walking in to a physical pharmacy.

sixtofour 15y ago

"Ordering drugs from Canada is not unsafe." But it is illegal.

0x12 15y ago
This is an interesting bit all by itself, you could be ordering the exact same medication from Canada at a lower price and it would still be illegal, but it actually shouldn't be. The free market is great as long as it doesn't cost Uncle Sam or big companies their taxes or margins.
tlb 15y ago
No, not for most drugs with a valid prescription. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_pharmacy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_pharmacy

anamax 15y ago

> Compared to the US, life expectancy is 2.4 years longer Yes, but if Canada is like almost every other country, Canadian-Americans live longer than their countrymen who didn't leave. > government regulators are less corrupt. Yup, they're just like Minnesota and the other demographically similar states. Moving on.... > Ordering drugs from Canada is not unsafe. Does Canada care what happens to not-Canadians who buy drugs by mail order? (Honest question - I don't know.) FWIW, I thought that legit drug companies had solved this "problem" by limiting their sales to Canada so that the supply matched the local demand. If so, would Canada forgo drugs for its residents so outsiders can get a bargain?