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I’ve heard a few stories of panels not being installed properly and flying off roofs and hitting cars below. Unfortunately most lebanese live in apartments, an

I’ve heard a few stories of panels not being installed properly and flying off roofs and hitting cars below. Unfortunately most lebanese live in apartments, and if a resident or two already called dibs on the roof, you’re out of luck. Tangent, price of fuel/diesel used to be fixed by gov subsidies. Most of our (very tiny) amount of money left has been smuggled across the border to Syria. Same applies to bread, flour etc.. Is there a precedent for this happening in the US, i think insulin is way cheaper in mexico but I dont hear stories about it being smuggled to the states

narism 4y ago
> i think insulin is way cheaper in mexico but I dont hear stories about it being smuggled to the states Plenty of cases like this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/03/06/this-couple-goes-mexico-buy-low-cost-insulin-strangers-who-need-it/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/03/06/this-cou...
Spooky23 4y ago
There was a whole industry that would dispense drugs in Canada and ship drugs via mail. Alot of local government health plans started using it, but it is now illegal for most purposes.
from 4y ago
> Abbott Labs recently obtained a preliminary injunction prohibiting numerous pharmacies, wholesalers, and other distributors from importing or otherwise using in the U.S. Abbott’s FreeStyle® blood glucose test strips that are intended for sale internationally. Chief Judge Amon of the Eastern District of New York found that Abbott is likely to succeed on the merits of its Lanham Act claim that consumers will likely be confused by the sale of “gray market” FreeStyle test strips in the U.S. https://www.healthcarelawinsights.com/2015/11/court-strips-importation-and-sale-of-gray-market-glucose-test-strips-in-u-s/ https://www.healthcarelawinsights.com/2015/11/court-strips-i... Actual prescription drugs being imported wholesale is rare because the penalties are pretty high for that. There is a somewhat related "diverted drugs" industry which is basically where people who get HIV medications for free from the government/insurance sell for them like 5 cents on the dollar for cash only for those to be resold a bunch of times to "wholesalers" before ultimately ending up in a pharmacy again - these kinds of sketchy secondary wholesalers are where counterfeits/illegally imported drugs would probably end up though. Nothing on the scale of what happens in Lebanon but if you read https://www.drugchannels.net https://www.drugchannels.net / the WSJ it shows up every now and then.
contingencies 4y ago
I’ve heard a few stories of panels not being installed properly and flying off roofs and hitting cars below. Wind loading is often very large. Structural engineers are aware of this, the general population isn't.

narism 4y ago

> i think insulin is way cheaper in mexico but I dont hear stories about it being smuggled to the states Plenty of cases like this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/03/06/this-couple-goes-mexico-buy-low-cost-insulin-strangers-who-need-it/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/03/06/this-cou...

Spooky23 4y ago

There was a whole industry that would dispense drugs in Canada and ship drugs via mail. Alot of local government health plans started using it, but it is now illegal for most purposes.

from 4y ago

> Abbott Labs recently obtained a preliminary injunction prohibiting numerous pharmacies, wholesalers, and other distributors from importing or otherwise using in the U.S. Abbott’s FreeStyle® blood glucose test strips that are intended for sale internationally. Chief Judge Amon of the Eastern District of New York found that Abbott is likely to succeed on the merits of its Lanham Act claim that consumers will likely be confused by the sale of “gray market” FreeStyle test strips in the U.S. https://www.healthcarelawinsights.com/2015/11/court-strips-importation-and-sale-of-gray-market-glucose-test-strips-in-u-s/ https://www.healthcarelawinsights.com/2015/11/court-strips-i... Actual prescription drugs being imported wholesale is rare because the penalties are pretty high for that. There is a somewhat related "diverted drugs" industry which is basically where people who get HIV medications for free from the government/insurance sell for them like 5 cents on the dollar for cash only for those to be resold a bunch of times to "wholesalers" before ultimately ending up in a pharmacy again - these kinds of sketchy secondary wholesalers are where counterfeits/illegally imported drugs would probably end up though. Nothing on the scale of what happens in Lebanon but if you read https://www.drugchannels.net https://www.drugchannels.net / the WSJ it shows up every now and then.

contingencies 4y ago

I’ve heard a few stories of panels not being installed properly and flying off roofs and hitting cars below. Wind loading is often very large. Structural engineers are aware of this, the general population isn't.