BUILDING WORLD GOVERNMENT ON THE AMERICAN CORPSE By: Al Cronkrite

"Not long ago a two week prescription for the antibiotic CIPRO cost over $100, now it is available at Wal-Mart for $4. Target also sells low cost generic drugs. Business Week recently published an article about this new development in the prescription drug industry. Read it here.

You can be sure the Goliath of retail is not selling these drugs at a loss - Wal-Mart is an assiduous practitioner of the buy cheaper, sell at a profit maxim. After picking up a $4 prescription at the Wal-Mart pharmacy I queried the pharmacist on the origin of the drug. He said cheap drugs come from “all over the world”.

A scant two or three years ago we had a huge flap over importing less expensive drugs from Canada. On safety grounds, the Food and Drug Administration put up big resistance. Read about it here and here. "

BUILDING WORLD GOVERNMENT ON THE AMERICAN CORPSE

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