The first article that I read today about this issue is about a suburban mother in Maryland who got caught selling fake Viagra. Undercover officers were told by her that she could get them bags of 3-6,000 pills and there was "plenty more where that came from." She could reportedly sell thousands of these pills in just a matter on months and they aren't cheap. She was selling them on Craigslist for $10 a pop and look exactly like the real deal and could easily be mistaken for real Viagra.
This clearly is an issue for a number of different reasons. Firstly there could be anything in these fake drugs so whoever buys them doesn't know what they are taking. Also there are things in drugs that most people's bodies haven't been introduced to so they could react negativly to that drug. Without having a doctor pre-aprove you for a drug and even after that you can't be sure that it is healthy and safe to take that drug.
This isn't the only problem though, you can even go to a pharmacy and receive these fake drugs obviously without knowing that you are. This is only one way that these fake drugs get out. This goes to show how expensive these drugs are and how many people who can't afford them need them. So, they have to go to dangerous and extreme measures to receive the medication that they need to live a happy life, or live at all.
