The Medicare prescription-drug benefit set to begin Jan. 1 will not cover medications purchased from Canada or other countries, potentially discouraging customers from Gov. Rod Blagojevich's struggling I-SaveRx program. By MARY MASSINGALE  Read the full story at sj-r.com.

It should come as no surprise that Canada is moving to re strict drug sales to Americans, as Nevada became the 10th state to encourage its citizens to look to our northern neighbor to find affordable prescriptions. Patriot News Sunday, July 03, 2005 Read the full story at pennlive.com.

TORONTO, June 30 /CNW/ – The Ontario Pharmacists' Association (OPA) has offered its qualified support for plans announced yesterday by the Canadian Minister of Health to curb the cross-border trade in prescription drugs. The OPA has been a longtime opponent of allowing Canada's finite drug supply to be diverted to the United States, and of the practices of cross-border internet…

TORONTO – Canada's health minister threatened Wednesday to overhaul the country's regulations on exporting prescription drugs, saying Canada would no longer be a cheap "drugstore for the United States." By Beth Duff-Brown, Associated Press 6/30/05 Read the full story at lsj.com.

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has intercepted large quantities of pharmaceutical products concealed in several packs of baby clothes. Yemi Akinsuyi, Lagos June 27, 2005 Read the full story at allafrica.com.

OTTAWA, June 27 (Reuters) – Canada will shortly announce a ban on bulk sales of drugs to the United States as a way of reining in Internet pharmacies that sell cheap medicine to Americans, the Winnipeg Free Press said on Monday. Source: Reuters 27 Jun 2005 Read the full story at alertnet.com.