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activeStick · 04-14-2018, 11:54 PM

My dad takes a certain drug that his doctor said is much cheaper in the US to purchase compared to Canada (something like $1 a pill vs. $15).

The doctor provided the drug name and some places just over the BC border where he could get the drugs shipped to and he could pick them up and drive them back over for his personal use.

I'm looking into specific laws around this, but I must be looking at the wrong places because I can only see this being allowed for commercial entities or personal use if you are travelling to Canada as a visitor.

Does anyone have experience around doing this?

04-14-2018, 11:54 PM	#1
activeStick Franchise Player Join Date: Jan 2014 Exp:	Bringing Prescription Drugs Into Canada from the US My dad takes a certain drug that his doctor said is much cheaper in the US to purchase compared to Canada (something like $1 a pill vs. $15). The doctor provided the drug name and some places just over the BC border where he could get the drugs shipped to and he could pick them up and drive them back over for his personal use. I'm looking into specific laws around this, but I must be looking at the wrong places because I can only see this being allowed for commercial entities or personal use if you are travelling to Canada as a visitor. Does anyone have experience around doing this?