Thanks for the web site reference. It says:
"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising consumers not to purchase prescription drugs from websites that have orders filled by Mediplan Prescription Plus Pharmacy or Mediplan Global Health in Manitoba, Canada following reports of counterfeit versions of prescription drug products being sold by these companies to U.S. consumers. FDA is investigating these reports and is coordinating with international law enforcement authorities on this matter."
Appears that someone busted an internet pharmacy scam. A plan in Manitoba. You originally said:
"He relayed some information to the audience about a recent study that was done on drug importation from Canada. Apparently, it was found that about 85% of the drugs that people thought they were ordering from Canada actually originated from other countries, and about 1/2 of those drugs were found to be counterfeit.."
I believe there is a discrepancy here.
The other citation said:
For example, in August of 2005, FDA conducted an operation at New York, Miami, and Los Angeles airports which found that nearly half of the imported drugs FDA intercepted from four selected countries were shipped to fill orders that consumers believed they were placing with “Canadian pharmacies.” Of the drugs being promoted as “Canadian,” based on accompanying documentation, 85 percent actually came from 27 other countries around the globe. A number of these products also were found to be counterfeit. These results demonstrated that some Internet sites that claimed to be “Canadian” were, in fact, selling drugs of dubious origin, safety and efficacy.
Sounds like it is very important to be careful when ordering drugs over the Internet alleged to be from Canada. This is not all "drug importation from Canada," just those purchased through selected web site scams from 4 selected countries (wonder which they were).
It's a good heads up, but I don't think it means that 85% of drug importation from Canada is bogus,