The county that is home to the Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) took a first step Tuesday toward buying prescription drugs from Canada, despite FDA (news - web sites) warnings that such a practice would be illegal. In a 7-2 vote, the Montgomery County Council passed a resolution that instructs county benefits managers to solicit bids from companies that sell Canadian prescription drugs to Americans. The council hopes to have the program in place by Feb. 1. The suburban Washington county would join several other states and jurisdictions that have turned to Canada and other foreign countries to try to hold down prescription drug costs for public employees.
