Federal Query of Canadian Drugs Plays Out in N. Adams

By Kelly Wilkinson

North Adams, MA – First it was Springfield, Massachusetts that snubbed the Food and Drug Administration when city workers had the chance to buy cheaper Canadian drugs. Now a private business in North Adams is a significant step closer to helping people access lower cost prescriptions north of the border. But it remains to be seem whether state or federal officials will intervene. WAMC's Berkshire Bureau Chief Kelly Wilkinson filed this report.