Government-sanctioned drug importation is nothing more than government-sanctioned diversion — products made to be sold in Canada but diverted to the U.S.

Learn how Delivered Duty Unpaid (DDU) affects seller and buyer responsibilities, and discover its updated counterpart, Delivered-at-Place (DAP), in international trade.

Almost a year after receiving FDA approval, Florida's plan to import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada remains mired in delays, KFF Health News reported Nov. 21.

The Trump administration announced its drug importation plan last summer. It has yet to begin the rule-making process. Vermont is one of several states hoping to import drugs from Canada.

State laws that legalize the importation of prescription drugs undermine the U.S.'s in-progress system for tracking and tracing drugs.