7 million people are buying drugs online.

Last night the BBC broadcast a frightening programme about people buying drugs online. It appears that 7 million people in the UK do this.

The frightening thing was the amount of fake medicine that was being supplied. Whilst it might not be too serious if your Viagra doesn't provide the desired result, some people are relying on internet bought life saving drugs. Some of the drugs were found to be not only useless but also dangerous, with rat poison being supplied in some instances.

Why do people put their lives at risk by buying drugs online from people who deliberately miss-spell words to get round spam filters? Statistically there must be thousands of such buyers on this forum.

Why do you do it?

I've bought valium /diazepam online quite a few times before and never had any problems.

Plus quite a few legal highs online and from shops, some of them are more intense / dangerous than illegal drugs

I love the way that these drugs people get from abroad are allegedly LACED WITH RAT POISON. Don't you think that most people supplying these drugs have a vested interest in not killing people! Worst case when making fake drugs they would be inert. I imagine rat poison costs considerably more than many easily available inert materials.

I love the way that these drugs people get from abroad are allegedly LACED WITH RAT POISON. Don't you think that most people supplying these drugs have a vested interest in not killing people! Worst case when making fake drugs they would be inert. I imagine rat poison costs considerably more than many easily available inert materials.

I am not sure about the validity of your point here. I think people trading street drugs regularly cut them with household cleaning products. They are interested in cash not the welfare of their customers.

Rat poison (warfarin) is a mass produced drug for heart patients and so is probably an easily obtained tablet that can be supplied as a more expensive medicine. I think anyone who buy drugs online from someone who spams them is an idiot. If you did the same buying jewelery or watches you would expect to get ripped off with fakes, but a least the worst you would expect from your Rolex is the fingers fall off not your d....

I am not sure about the validity of your point here. I think people trading street drugs regularly cut them with household cleaning products. They are interested in cash not the welfare of their customers.

 

Rat poison (warfarin) is a mass produced drug for heart patients and so is probably an easily obtained tablet that can be supplied as a more expensive medicine.

Am I wrong in thinking there is also Strychnine for rat poison?

Also, if the purpose of the sellar is to educate or eradicate drug users, and yet make a profit in doing so, then why not poison the buyer?!

Although it's unlikely, there are people out there commiting worse attrocities.

Gan

I am not sure about the validity of your point here. I think people trading street drugs regularly cut them with household cleaning products. They are interested in cash not the welfare of their customers...

I think their point was that, surely to make the most money possible... you would want to encourage repeat business?

Am I wrong in thinking there is also Strychnine for rat poison?

 

Also, if the purpose of the sellar is to educate or eradicate drug users, and yet make a profit in doing so, then why not poison the buyer?!

 

Although it's unlikely, there are people out there commiting worse attrocities.

 

Gan

Most strychnine based rat poisons have been discontinued because they were too easy to misuse and too dangerous. Most of them are warfarin based these days.

There are loads of legit online pharmacy’s abroad. I agree that people responding to some of the spam emails are likely to get ripped off but it's quite easy to get legit medication on the internet and I get the feeling that these horror stories about Rat poison are mostly just that. I am surprised the government have not tried to imply that buying medication online funds terrorism, they have linked just about everything else to it!

You just have to do a bit of research, ask on a few forums and use your common sense.

I think their point was that, surely to make the most money possible... you would want to encourage repeat business?

I don't think that arguement holds water. There are 7 billion people in the world and that includes a lot of mugs.

Pepeat business isn't an issue for the drug fakers. Once a customer has failed to rise to the occassion so to speak, he is probably an ex-customer whether he has been poisoned or not. They have his money and probably couldn't care less.

Personally i would never do it. I admit i have considered it, but never when i've been "well". You just don't what you're getting. And maybe i'm being stupid or naive but im putting my trust in the people treating me to give me the right meds.