Government
Federal judge dismisses lawsuit challenging reimportation ruling
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted May 2, 2005
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by an Illinois couple challenging U.S. government policy against buying prescription drugs from Canadian pharmacies.
The couple, Ray and Gaylee Andrews, both in their 70s, had been encouraged to file the lawsuit by Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich, who has pushed to allow drug reimportation from other nations. They argued that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ban on drug reimportation violated their rights to due process under the Second Amendment.
U.S. District Judge James Robertson, however, said that "the right to purchase drugs from a preferred source or at a preferred price -- if there is such a right at all -- is not fundamental."
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2005/05/02/gvbf0502.htm.
