Letter: Drug prices must be standardized

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Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2004 | 9:16 a.m.

Everybody complains about the high cost of prescription drugs in this country. Why is the cost so high? Because we the people of the United States have to pay for most of the research and development of these prescription drugs.

Our president and Congress don't want the Canadian and Mexican pharmacies filling our prescriptions for safety reasons. They are concerned that the drugs purchased outside the United States are either outdated or not the ones your doctor wrote the prescription for.

Given that concern, I feel the federal government should force drug companies to standardize their prices. Drugs purchased in the United States should be no more expensive than drugs purchased outside the country.

LARY MARKS