Study Shows Counterfeit Buyers Frequently Buy Real Products Later

If people choose homeopathic medicines, pray to the Elbonian god of fertility, or simply forego treatment, that is a choice a free adult makes. Relying on drugs that you believe to be genuine, but aren't, is a completely different story. RE: Africa - I live in Africa, so this is not a hypothetical debate. If a poverty-stricken African living in a Malaria area, dies of Malaria because the medication they were given by the clinic or pharmacist is counterfeit no-one will ever know. If an infant dies of malnutrition no-one will suspect counterfeit infant formula. As for HIV, who will become suspicious if a sufferer dies a little sooner because the "anti-retrovirals" they were using containing no active ingredients. As for proof, this is difficult:) The first known case of death as a result of counterfeit medicines in Canada, for example, (Google it) was only recorded in 2006. This victim died unexpectedly, triggering tox tests...these raised red flags...analysis of the drugs in her possession raised further red flags...a forensic examination of her computer revealed that she had purchased counterfeit drugs over the internet. I suspect, that even for a first world country this was quite a detailed investigation. Where I live not even a murder investigation will be done this deeply! So the proof gets buried. Maybe if enough people die we will get the proof we need.