Fake Internet Drugs Risk Lives And Fund Terrorism, Warns Journal Editor -- Science Daily
ScienceDaily (Jan. 28, 2009) — People who buy fake internet drugs could be risking their lives and supporting terrorism, according to an editorial in the February issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice.
Editor-in-Chief Dr Graham Jackson, a UK-based Consultant Cardiologist, has called for greater public awareness of the dangers and consequences of the counterfeit drugs market, which is expected to be worth £55 billion by 2010.
"Harmful ingredients found in counterfeit medicines include arsenic, boric acid, leaded road paint, floor and shoe polish, talcum powder, chalk and brick dust and nickel" he points out.
"In one scheme, Americans buying fake Viagra on the internet were actually helping to fund Middle East terrorism, unknowingly jeopardising the lives of men and women serving in their own armed forces."
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My Comment: This may not be effective in North America or Europe (because of regulation and laws) , but in third world or Middle Eastern countries, the opportunity to buy drugs cheaply will be appealing .... the fact that they are counterfeit is besides the point.
For terror groups and/or for their sympathizers, this is not only a golden opportunity to steal, but to also have the potential to poison thousands.
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Terrorists are making use of the internet in many ways, one of which could be raising fake organizations on the internet
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