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Shane Ryan writes:
> this was mentioned twice on slashdot.
> here:
>http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/26/1331254&tid=14&tid=106> and here:
>http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1846207&tid=14&tid=106
true ;)
> i'm not going to take either side on this one. (the two arguments seem
> to be 1. lets give him the meds he wants and 2. he shouldn't be
> self-diagnosing, then there's the get well soon argument ;] ).
> wouldn't sending prescription drugs to the US be a tad dodgy though?
I'm not entirely sure, but if I recall correctly it used to be legal as
long as they were *for personal use* -- the policy was apparently amended
that way due to pressure from AIDS-patient groups. Not sure what the
current status is, though, as that was a while ago -- before the recent
"import to avoid crazy drug prices in the US" thing became popular.
- --j.
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