Importing Drugs From Canada

With the Senate voting in favor of banning customs and border agents from taking away prescription drugs that Americans get in Canada and bring back home, it's a good time to revisit my discussion with Dr. Marcia Angell. She was editor of the New England Journal of Medicine and author of "The Truth About Drug Companies." In our discussion, she explained that those drugs are not dangerous, and what's behind the inflated prices Americans are forced to pay for pharmaceuticals that are 50% cheaper north of the border.

Listen to the conversation here.

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