"Terrorist Threats to America's Medicine Supply"

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This paper discusses how, although terrorist attacks that employ chemical or biological weapons have long been a concern of government authorities and terrorism experts, the threat of an attack on the nation's medicine supply system has only recently received attention. It looks at how, according to GlobalOptions, a terrorist attack against America's medicine supply is an increasing threat to the United States and demands immediate attention. It examines how "An Analysis of Terrorist Threats to America's Medicine Supply", points out that, while the United States currently has the safest supply of medicines in the world, terrorists present a threat that cannot be ignored.

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"The two key entry points for entry of drugs into the United States are Canada and Mexico, with each country having its specific vulnerabilities. According to the authors, a terrorist attack could originate in Canada because of the large number of terrorist groups already operating in the country, inadequate borer security along the world's longest border, as well as a history of pharmaceutical smuggling by terrorists. "Canada's refugee and immigration laws are among the most generous in the world, providing an open door to terrorists to operate in the country? (2003:6). As noted above, terrorists have already smuggled pharmaceuticals from Canada into the U.S. and they could mount an attack using similar distribution methods."

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