A Spreading Danger
We've all received those ubiquitous e-mails, though mercifully, most these days are caught by our spam filters. E-mails offering expensive drugs at hard-to-beat prices are everywhere - drugs against cholesterol, blood pressure, arthritis and baldness, always bearing familiar brand names like Lipitor, Celebrex and, inevitably, Viagra.The wiser among us delete them instantly. But some people are taken in. Those who can't afford to pay the full price, or who simply imagine that they can save a few bucks order these medicines from Internet hawkers.
By Shashi Tharoor
9 July 2008