While surfing the verious boards, I see a considerable amount of confusion/questions about purchasing medication in Mexico, like Viagra.

Here is an interesting news report everyone should read. It sums the situation up quite nicely.

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Mexico jailing drug-buying tourists
Americans looking for cheap medications need a local prescription

Chris Kraul, Los Angeles Times
Thursday, September 16, 2004



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Tijuana, Mexico -- Californians shopping for cheaper prescription drugs may have gotten a break when the Legislature voted to ease access to low-cost medicines from Canada, but south of the border, bargain hunters can pay an unexpected, traumatic cost -- time in a Mexican slammer.

Since early last year, at least 67 Americans have been jailed in Mexico for buying medicines without a prescription from a Mexican doctor. Most recently, a 53-year-old U.S. woman was arrested in July and spent a day in jail after buying 90 Valium tablets, a standard prescription amount, without the requisite Mexican doctor's order.

Drug shoppers in Mexico are on the same quest for discounts that has driven many Californians to buy mail-order medications from Canada, where prices can also be dramatically lower.

Late last month, days after a group of elderly Southern Californian protesters chartered a train called the Rx Express to buy medicines in Vancouver, Canada, the state Legislature gave final approval to a package of bills allowing cheaper drug imports from Canada. The legislation is still being considered by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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