The growth of the drug industry in canada represents which shift in organized crime? why is this important?

It represents a loss of power by the large institutions of organized crime (those institutions being pharmaceutical companies, insurance providers, and the US Congress). It's important because it shows how the digital age has allowed the American consumer to shop for drugs in countries like Canada, which typically offers substantially lower prices. The result is that it exposes the systemic corruption of American politics, which will take action not by competing with Canadian pharaceuticals, but by regulating free trade.

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