Border governors want to start testing prescription medications most commonly bought by U.S. consumers in Mexico.  Because these drugs aren't subjected to FDA regulations, state leaders are finally stepping up to make sure they're safe.

In Algodones, Americans stop off at the pharmacies for some cheap relief.

"When you're paying $80 on that side for a little tube of cream, and you're paying $12 dollars here, i mean excuse me," says one Yuma resident.

A pharmacist in Yuma, however, says buyer beware--you may be getting exactly what you paid for.

"As a matter of fact, some of them have been found to have road paint in them for the color because road paint is shiny and it looks like many of the pills," says Tom Van Hassel with Yuma Regional Medical Center.  He's also the President of the Arizona State Board of Pharmacy, and he says consumer awareness is key.  That's why Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano wants to test prescription drugs in Mexico and make those results available to the public.

"The Mexican government doesn't have to pay any attention to what the governor of Arizona says, so it's very important that we realize we can hold our U.S. pharmacies and pharmacy technicians to rules and regulations,but we can't do anything to the Mexican prescription market," says Van Hassel.

Try telling that to folks in Algodones.  They say when it comes to sky-high prices, they'd rather take their chances south of the border.

"I buy for thyroid synthoid and i was a little concerned at first but after three months I went and had my blood checked to see if my prescription changed at all and it had not so I do feel safe," says a woman from Surprise, Arizona.

The governor is also asking the FDA to allow border states to have their own safety and quality standards, but pharmacists recommend programs such as Wal-Mart's four dollar drug list which includes some very poplular medications.