Mark Twain once said that there’s a simple solution to every complicated problem – and it’s usually wrong.

The issue of broader access to safe and effective drugs is an extraordinarily complicated problem. And importation of foreign drugs is a simplistic solution with a container-full of unintended consequences. First, let me get one thing out of the way. If you walk into a pharmacy in Windsor, Ontario and have your prescription filled by a real pharmacist, the drugs you receive will be both safe and effective.