A simple explanation of some complex legislation - RxRights.org

I already get my medications from Canada. The meds come in the same bottle and are exactly the same as I would have gotten in the States. However, the price is 1/4 what I would have to pay in the States, so as far as I am concerned it is a no brainer for me. I have no health insurance due to the costs, which have risen beyond reasonable. Katie

A simple explanation of some complex legislation

posted Tue, 8 Nov 2011

Last week we issued a press statement regarding the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). This bill, which is informally referred to as the E-Parasite Act, was just introduced in the House and it threatens American access to safe, affordable medicine.

Like the PROTECT IP Act (the Senate version of the anti-piracy bill) SOPA overgeneralizes when it comes to online pharmacies. It fails to make a distinction between licensed, legitimate international online pharmacies that always require a prescription and rogue pharmacies that sell fake medicine or narcotics without a script.

We recently came across this video that does a great job of explaining how such anti-piracy bills would censor American access to foreign websites (including international online pharmacies). We thought our readers might be interested in learning more about this issue.

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