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Stock photography picture of United States Senior Citizens buying Prescription Drugs in Mexico to save money and their lives

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United States Senior Citizens buying Prescription Drugs in Mexico to save money and their lives
Description Senior Citizens old retired people on fixed incomes travel from Tucson, Phoenix on the Prescription Express Charter Bus to buy their prescription drugs in a Nogales Mexico Pharmacy, saving hundreds and even thousand of dollars per trip. This image shows a Tucson woman leaving the Faramacia withg a bag full of drugs. Mnay American drugs are over priced and those on fixed income can't affor to buy their medication in the USA. Many of the drug labels are written in Spanish and the buyer has to check to make sure they are getting the medicines they have ordered. The tour bus then drives them back across the US Mexico border where each customer has to layout all of their drug purchases for Border Patrol Inspection station before re-entering the USA. This charter bus service stops in Phoenix and Tucson the service is called Prescription Express. Keywords Willett and Drug to see my other images from the service.
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