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Drug Enforcement Agency Stripped of Role on New Painkillers
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The Washington Post - Washington, D.C.
Author: Marc Kaufman
Date: Nov 5, 2005
Start Page: A.13
Section: A SECTION
Text Word Count: 342

The same conference committee also approved language proposed by Rep. Anne M. Northup (R-Ky.) that would bar the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative from including provisions in future trade agreements that would make it almost impossible to import prescription drugs from foreign countries. The last three agreements -- with Singapore, Australia and Morocco -- included language that barred importation of drugs even if the practice were legalized in the future.

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