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AEI Scholar Calls for the Decriminalization of Personal Drug Importation; Suggests Consumers Check PharmacyChecker.com List of Approved Online Pharmacies

As too many Americans skip taking their medication due to cost, the issue of drug affordability is of critical importance to public health. It is also one that politicians ignore or wrongly address to their peril. Urging Republican lawmakers not to ignore Americans who are struggling with high drug prices, Roger Bate of the American Enterprise Institute recommended a nuanced, free-market approach to the problem of high drug prices. In an article published yesterday by AEI, Mr. Bate called for the decriminalization of personal drug importation and the continued statutory ban on wholesale drug importation. By doing so, more Americans who are disadvantaged by high drug prices can find relief through safe and affordable international online pharmacies, while not undermining pharmaceutical research and development in the United States, which, he argues, relies on the maintenance of our wholesale drug importation laws.

Underscoring Mr. Bate’s position was his recognition, based on his own empirical research, that Americans who purchase brand name prescription drugs from non-U.S. pharmacies could do so with confidence by consulting the approved list of online pharmacies found on PharmacyChecker.com.

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PharmacyChecker.com Verification Program Members Meet High Standards For Drug Safety, According to New Study

Today we issued a press release about a new study of  online pharmacies which showed that all prescription drugs ordered from sites approved by PharmacyChecker.com passed independent authenticity tests.  The independent study was conducted by Roger Bate (American Enterprise Institute) and Kimberly Hess (Africa Fighting Malaria) and was published today by the Public Library of Science One.

Bate’s and Hess’ findings back up what we have been saying since our start in 2002: It is safe and affordable to order genuine medication from online pharmacies – from the U.S. and abroad – if they are verified members of the PharmacyChecker.com Verification Program.

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