American Conservative Union Lifetime Ratings: 2.67 Booker, 6.31 Sanders (Lower is better)

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49. It happens here, now.

"For instance, about 40% of all over-the-counter and generic drugs used in the United States are produced in India. In response to this and other factors, the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act was passed in July of 2012. Part of the law involved changes to generic drug user fees. Companies looking for approval now need to pay some extra money to allow for better inspection of production facilities.
And in India, those inspections are bearing fruit.
Last year, inspectors from the FDA looked at 160 drug plants there. What they found was often quite concerning. Drugs were sometimes adulterated or contaminated. Facilities were often filthy or infested with bugs. They also caught some executives lying to them, leading to felony charges.
As you can imagine, this is leading many pharmaceutical companies to question whether India is a safe and reasonable place to manufacture their drugs. India's drug industry is in a panic.
They should be. The World Health Organization has, for years, monitored the use of falsified or counterfeit medicines, and some of the problems have been in the United States. The New York Times documents many instances in many countries where improperly made or counterfeit drugs led to serious consequences, including deaths."
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/25/opinion/carroll-drugs-imported-safety/

Do you think Canada is unreliable, why do we import food from there? People who have such fears are free to pay more and keep the money flowing to the politicians. Maybe some would miss those great commercials that would scare me from taking their drugs in the first place.