# Bush Administration Claims Terrorists May Poison Prescription Drugs from Canada **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 19, 2004, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-administration-claims-terrorists-may-poison-prescription-drugs-from-canada/260486 "2004-08-19T01:00:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-administration-claims-terrorists-may-poison-prescription-drugs-from-canada/260486/21 "2004-08-19T04:31:19Z")
> [@SolGrundy](#): > > šŸ˜ƒ > > Donā€™t forget that ā€œradio chatterā€ suggests that alā€™Qaeda is sneaking anthrax into the country on the backs of same-sex marriage licenses issued in Massachusettes. Keep this up and theyā€™ll say youā€™re doing tricks with ponies. Wait. Thatā€™s not right. Theyā€™ll say youā€™re a trick pony. Which really would be interesting as Iā€™d assume that makes you a limited shape shifter. Thatā€™s _still_ not right. :smack: Ehā€¦ regardless, theyā€™ll say something about you being a pony we all want to do tricks with. Or be tricks for, or somethingā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-administration-claims-terrorists-may-poison-prescription-drugs-from-canada/260486/22 "2004-08-19T06:01:55Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > I can count on this administration, every single day, sometimes several times a day, to do something scummy and outrageous. I can also count on the media giving them a nudge-wink pass, and rightists rationalizing the latest outrage. > > Itā€™s fucking surreal. Itā€™s beyond surreal. I donā€™t know what annoys me more, that this Administration thinks Iā€™m gullible enough to believe this transparently bogus bullshit, or that there are actual voters out there who _will_ believe this transparently bogus bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![moes\_lotion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@moes\_lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moes_lotion)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-administration-claims-terrorists-may-poison-prescription-drugs-from-canada/260486/23 "2004-08-19T06:32:00Z")
And this just inā€¦ **Terrorist Alert Level raised to - "Vote Republican"** ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-administration-claims-terrorists-may-poison-prescription-drugs-from-canada/260486/24 "2004-08-19T06:39:19Z")
> [@Mockingbird](#): > > Keep this up and theyā€™ll say youā€™re doing tricks with ponies. > > Wait. Thatā€™s not right. > > Theyā€™ll say youā€™re a trick pony. Which really would be interesting as Iā€™d assume that makes you a limited shape shifter. > > Thatā€™s _still_ not right. :smack: > > Ehā€¦ regardless, theyā€™ll say something about you being a pony we all want to do tricks with. Or be tricks for, or somethingā€¦ How much does that pony charge an hour anyway? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-administration-claims-terrorists-may-poison-prescription-drugs-from-canada/260486/25 "2004-08-19T06:43:11Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > I actually heard a Harvard medical researcher roundly debunk the FDA on this earlier in an [interview](http://freshair.npr.org/day_fa.jhtml?display=day&todayDate=08/18/2004) on NPR. He basically said that the US allows the drug companies to get away with murder in terms of drug prices, that weā€™re the last industrialized country to do so, and that we pay 40-100% more for the same drugs made in the same plants by the same companies as Canada, France, etc. do. And in case someone brings it up, he noted that the drug companies marketing expenses and profits are significantly greater than the R&D expenses. Also, most of the basic breakthroughs come from government funded research anyway. And that the drug sector was the most profitable over the last number of years I donā€™t remember. And **spooje** - companies usually donate to both parties, just in case. But itā€™s another reason to vote for Kerry - despite donations from special interests, heā€™s still advocating what is right for the country. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-administration-claims-terrorists-may-poison-prescription-drugs-from-canada/260486/26 "2004-08-19T07:43:37Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > How much does that pony charge an hour anyway? :eek: [sings] How much is that pony in the window? The one with the wagglyā€¦ umā€¦ yeahā€¦ [/sings] ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-administration-claims-terrorists-may-poison-prescription-drugs-from-canada/260486/27 "2004-08-19T09:49:01Z")
> [@Wesley Clark](#): > > LMAO. the FDA lost tons of credibility and showed itself to be a shill to the pharma industry when this drug importation issue started. Not to gloat, but we classical liberals have known that all along. Example: [http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-235.html](http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-235.html) ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-administration-claims-terrorists-may-poison-prescription-drugs-from-canada/260486/28 "2004-08-19T11:46:54Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > And **spooje** - companies usually donate to both parties, just in case. But itā€™s another reason to vote for Kerry - despite donations from special interests, heā€™s still advocating what is right for the country. Well of course heā€™s _advocating_, heā€™s trying to get elected. Once in office, the special interests win. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-administration-claims-terrorists-may-poison-prescription-drugs-from-canada/260486/29 "2004-08-19T13:46:43Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Plus ca change, plus ce la meme chose. I reckon thatā€™s either French or Commie words. Git a rope! -Joe, proud owner of a tree ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-administration-claims-terrorists-may-poison-prescription-drugs-from-canada/260486/30 "2004-08-19T13:49:03Z")
> [@World Eater](#): > > Well of course heā€™s _advocating_, heā€™s trying to get elected. Once in office, the special interests win. Maybe. Probably. But we know the guy in there right now isnā€™t going to do shit about it. The guy hoping to get in there **says** heā€™ll do something about it. Will he? I doubt it. But thereā€™s a better chance of it than there is with the guy currently in office. -Joe, vague ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-administration-claims-terrorists-may-poison-prescription-drugs-from-canada/260486/31 "2004-08-19T14:02:36Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Maybe. > > Probably. > > But we know the guy in there right now isnā€™t going to do shit about it. > > The guy hoping to get in there **says** heā€™ll do something about it. > > Will he? I doubt it. But thereā€™s a better chance of it than there is with the guy currently in office. > > -Joe, vague Weā€™re better with a bottle of water in office. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-administration-claims-terrorists-may-poison-prescription-drugs-from-canada/260486/32 "2004-08-19T14:38:43Z")
> [@Fear Itself](#): > > [Attack on imported drugs possible, FDA says](http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_np=0&u_pg=1642&u_sid=1176182) Yet in our own country there are crooked pharmacists and distributors replacing sought after prescription narcotics with drugs that are less expensive and sometimes result in patients dying. AFAIK, Canadian prescription drugs are safer due to tighter pharmaceutical regulations. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-administration-claims-terrorists-may-poison-prescription-drugs-from-canada/260486/33 "2004-08-19T14:45:03Z")
Looks like he might change his mind. (flip flop if he was a dem :rolleyes: ) ā€œBush mulls importing prescription drugsā€ [http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/18/bush.drugs/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/18/bush.drugs/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-administration-claims-terrorists-may-poison-prescription-drugs-from-canada/260486/34 "2004-08-19T15:10:09Z")
> [@World Eater](#): > > Weā€™re better with a bottle of water in office. Personally, Iā€™d like a lifesized cardboard cutout of Spiderman - wouldnā€™t need to pay it and the photo ops would be better. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-administration-claims-terrorists-may-poison-prescription-drugs-from-canada/260486/35 "2004-08-19T15:16:52Z")
> [@World Eater](#): > > Weā€™re better with a bottle of water in office. Domestic, of course. ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-administration-claims-terrorists-may-poison-prescription-drugs-from-canada/260486/36 "2004-08-19T15:40:25Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Domestic, of course. Definitely not Evian, thatā€™s French! :eek: **"Freedom" Bottled Water: Enough grit to make John Wayne Proud** Sam ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-administration-claims-terrorists-may-poison-prescription-drugs-from-canada/260486/37 "2004-08-19T15:47:28Z")
And of course ā€œFreedomā€ water is later exposed to simply be Jersey tap water. ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-administration-claims-terrorists-may-poison-prescription-drugs-from-canada/260486/38 "2004-08-19T16:05:25Z")
> [@World Eater](#): > > And of course ā€œFreedomā€ water is later exposed to simply be Jersey tap water. Nah, think ā€œLove Canalā€. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-administration-claims-terrorists-may-poison-prescription-drugs-from-canada/260486/39 "2004-08-19T16:32:27Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > Sounds like theyā€™re covering all the bases. > > All Iā€™m saying is that democrats can be greedy fucks in business too. They, too, may benefit spreading money around to elected officials who could aid them. > > Thatā€™s all Iā€™m saying. Itā€™s not Democrats or Republicans making the donations. Itā€™s lobbyists. They donā€™t have a party affiliation, because theyā€™re prostitutes - they give to both parties (in order to make sure both sides feel indebted to them) but they always disproportionately support the side they expect the most support from. I couldnā€™t say what the pharmaceutical trade PAC does with their money here in Michigan, but most lobbying organizations give to both sides. If Republicans are receiving more of the money, itā€™s probably because they expect them to be more supportive of their lobbying goals, and thus want to help them win their races. In this case, clearly the pharmaceutical industry feels it has more friends in the Republican party. Incidentally, the Democrats in our state legislature have been outspoken in support of importation of prescription drugs. Just sayinā€™. ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-administration-claims-terrorists-may-poison-prescription-drugs-from-canada/260486/40 "2004-08-19T16:40:25Z")
Quick! Does someone have the e-mail address for the Department of Homeland Securityā€™s Chicken Little Directorate? I need to report the possibility of terrorists buying advertising time and poisoning our minds with television commercials! The time is at hand! Man the ramparts! Ram the manparts! Advertising _must_ be destroyed now, ere advertising destroys us! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-administration-claims-terrorists-may-poison-prescription-drugs-from-canada/260486.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-administration-claims-terrorists-may-poison-prescription-drugs-from-canada/260486.md?page=3)