Interestingly, I read recently, I believe, @ CNN.com, that the Canadian government may soon create legislation coming down on these Canadian web pharmacies servicing Americans. Bush made it pretty clear to their Prime Minister, Paul Martin, in a recent meeting to help prevent these transactions from continuing. I find this rather odd given the President's and most republicans fascination with a global free-market. Anyways, things may be changing.
If the web pharmacies continue, I read recently in a book I highly recommend to all of you, "Powerful Medicines: The Benefits, Risks, and Costs of Prescription Drugs" by Jerry Avorn, MD, a Harvard associate professor, that with newer computer systems this could spell an end to even physicians. Patient puts in information, has a technician draw blood, take BP, etc. enters that info, computer comes up with likely diagnosis, orders script via a computer ordering system from a web pharmacy...patient goes home, meds arrive next day. That's obviously far off and probably implausible, but you get the point.
