Congress thinks letting unlicensed foreign pharmacies dispense in New Jersey is a great money-saving idea. It's a dangerous and foolish idea.
(Don't live in New Jersey? Write a letter to your own Senators here.)
Several Senators, including Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), think that letting patients order medications from unlicensed foreign pharmacies is a great idea to save money. Their proposals allow unlicensed foreign fake pharmacies to dispense in New Jersey.
Your Senators need to hear from licensed pharmacists that this is dangerous to patients! This two step process is really short.
- Step 1: Enter your information for signing your letter. (We'll look up your Senators)
- Step 2: Read your letter, confirm and send!
- Step 3: There is no Step 3.
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Have Americans been hurt by unlicensed pharmacies dispensing to Americans?
You could ask the family of Betty Hunter, who received a counterfeit cancer drug and succumbed to her cancer, if they are concerned. Or the American patients at hundreds of oncology clinics who were given fake cancer drugs sold by unlicensed international pharmacies.
Or the family of Marcia Bergeron who took a counterfeit laced with heavy metals and died of toxic metals poisoning.
Pharmacies and pharmacists are licensed to protect patient safety. When our pharmacy system relies purely on honesty, patients get hurt.