(Columbia-AP) Aug. 5, 2004 - Republican
Senate candidate Jim DeMint says he supports
allowing people to buy cheaper prescription
drugs in Canada.
The three-term congressman says he wants to
open US markets to prescription drug sales from
Canada, the European Union and other nations. He
sponsored a bill in the House last year, but it
stalled in the Senate.
DeMint says American drug companies are
selling drugs to Canada and European counties
for half and even a third of what the companies
are selling them for in the United States.
DeMint says local pharmacies should have the
right to purchase prescription drugs at the
lowest cost, whether it's from companies in
America or another country.
DeMint's Democratic opponent, Inez Tenenbaum,
agreed with the Republican on this issue. Her
spokeswoman says it's outrageous that seniors in
South Carolina have to pay more than seniors in
Canada for the same drugs.
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