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jberryhill

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1. "Most if not all of these drugs are genuinely good and effective"

Reply to airplaneman (Original post)

Sat Jan 14, 2012, 02:24 AM

Jan 2012

And you know this how?

Spelling "pharmaceutical" wrong once is a typo.

Spelling it the wrong way consistently several times seems to suggest something else.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterfeit_medications

According to a report released by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 75 percent of fake drugs supplied world over have some origins in India, followed by 7 percent from Egypt and 6 percent from China.[8]

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SOPA and PROTECT IP is about shutting down non-US pharmasutical companies too. [View all] airplaneman Jan 2012 OP

"Most if not all of these drugs are genuinely good and effective" jberryhill Jan 2012 #1

From the wording, this person is an English speaker. tabatha Jan 2012 #2

The fake drug industry is huge jberryhill Jan 2012 #3

There was a post on a local blog about how to get drugs from a Canadian pharmacy. tabatha Jan 2012 #4

Many non-US drugs are made by US companies' ProgressiveEconomist Jan 2012 #6

There is a huge difference between Canada jberryhill Jan 2012 #7

A lot of those are harmful (from other countries). They have toxic ingredients and most don't have cutlassmama Jan 2012 #5

BS... that is the BigPharma line... most of the drugs that come into the Middle-East (for example) JCMach1 Jan 2012 #8

Thanks for the replies. airplaneman Jan 2012 #9