# E-DRUG: Banned drugs **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [September 30, 1997, 5:30pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-banned-drugs/1452 "1997-09-30T17:30:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![burstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@burstein](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/burstein)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 1997, 5:30pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-banned-drugs/1452/1 "1997-09-30T17:30:54Z")
E-DRUG: Banned drugs -------------------- I am a reporter with Mother Jones magazine (website: [http://www.motherjones.com](http://www.motherjones.com)) in Washington, DC. Mother Jones magazine is a bimonthly investigative magazine that reports on political and consumer issues. It is based in San Francisco and has been around for over 20 years, with circulation over 150,000. I am trying to obtain any information about U.S. pharmaceutical products that have been banned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, but are available for sale in other countries. If you know of drugs that have been banned by the FDA but can be purchased outside of the U.S., please contact me. I am also interested in pharmaceutical products that are donated by U.S. companies, but are outdated or useless in the countries where they are sent. Any information about what companies donated the goods, what charitable organization arranged for the donation to be dealt with in the country that received them would be tremendously helpful. I have heard that it is extremely hard to trace the donations to a particular company. However, I have heard dozens of stories about useless drugs shipped in the name of humanitarian aid. Please contact me if you have information regarding either of these topics. Rachel Burstein Investigative Reporter Mother Jones magazine 529 14th Street, NW, Suite 1171 Washington, DC 20045, USA (202) 783-9405 (phone) (202) 783-9407 (fax) Email: burstein@motherjones.com -- Send mail for the `E-Drug' conference to `e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'. Mail administrative requests to `majordomo@usa.healthnet.org'. For additional assistance, send mail to: `owner-e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'.