| Directory > Society > Issues > Health > Health Policy > Prescription Drugs American Taxpayers for Rx Sanity
Provides information to the public on the prescription drug reimportation war being fought between
the pharmaceutical industry and America.
http://www.rxsanity.org
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Canadian Prescription Drug Savings Calculator
Allows consumers to gauge savings on nearly 50 of the most popular prescription medications by
picking multiple drugs, different dosage settings and time horizons ranging from one month to 20
years.
http://www.drugsavingscalculator.org
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Drugging Our Children The Legal Way
An article about a federal judge that struck down a Food and Drug Administration regulation that
required drug makers to test medicines routinely given to children. Arianna Huffington, Alternet.
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14430
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The Cost of Protectionism in Pharmaceuticals
An article from Alternet that examines the effects of the patent system in the pharmaceutical
industry and suggests that increased public funding of pharmaceutical research and development
could dramatically lower costs for consumers.
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14425
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Poison For Profit
An article from Red Flags Weekly that suggests pharmaceutical and chemical companies profit from
the sale of herbicides, pesticides, and household chemicals as well as the prescription drugs often
needed to treat health problems caused by these household and industrial chemicals.
http://www.redflagsweekly.com/storm_warnings/poison.html
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Health Action International
A non-profit organization that represents the interests of consumers in drug policy and believes
that all drugs marketed should be acceptably safe, effective, affordable and meet real medical
needs.
http://www.haiweb.org/
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No Free Lunch
Discusses pharmaceutical industry marketing, promotion, and sales practices and how they may
adversely affect prescription drug prescribing practices, and increase prescription drug prices.
http://www.nofreelunch.org/
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Moving Ideas - Prescription Drugs
The latest policy, politics, and ideas from leading progressive research organizations and advocacy
groups.
http://www.movingideas.org/blitz/072402.html
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DrugsNotDogFood.com
DrugsNotDogFood.com is a petition to President Bush to support coverage for prescription drugs for
seniors. For each signature, we send a dog biscuit to the President to show the extreme plight of
many seniors -- forced to choose between medicine and food.
http://www.drugsnotdogfood.com
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Century Foundation: Prescription Drug Information
Sources for the debate over prescription drug coverage in Medicare.
http://www.medicarewatch.org/research_development/prescriptiondrugs.htm
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Almanac of Policy Issues: Prescription Drugs
Links and background information about U.S. public policy affecting prescription drugs and
prescription drug coverage.
http://www.policyalmanac.org/health/prescription_drugs.shtml
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