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The nation’s largest seniors group launched a campaign Monday to make cheaper Canadian drugs available to Americans.
AARP, which has 35 million members, said it will lobby drug corporations, Congress and the Bush administration to legalize the imports. The group also is running TV and newspaper ads.
Rising prescription-drug prices and the Medicare debate have boosted the issue in Congress and on the campaign trail.
The Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. pharmaceuticals industry oppose the practice, saying they cannot guarantee the safety of imported drugs.
