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  • Illegal drug sales booming online

    The quantity of illegal and possibly unsafe pharmaceutical drugs being sold online is increasing, according to a report from the International Narcotics Control Board.

  • Microsoft and Pfizer court Viagra spammers

    Microsoft has teamed up with Viagra-maker Pfizer to launch 17 lawsuits against spammers and Web site owners that are allegedly selling 'dangerous' prescription drugs.

  • Search engines face drug test

    A major U.S. pharmacy trade group is pressuring Web-based search engines to ban advertisements from unlicensed drug dealers, highlighting growing pains for the Net's newest marketing powerhouses.

  • Herbal "Viagra" Web sites stretch the truth

    -Be the biggest man your lover has ever had!" urges the animated Web site for a herbal pill called LONGitude, created by a "former Viagra pharmacist" to increase penis size, or your money back -- guaranteed.

  • US major source of Internet drug sales

    The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) reported that there has been an increase in dealers using cyberspace to market narcotics and mind-altering drugs illegal in most countries. Its annual report says Internet pharmacies are shipping prescription-only drugs across the globe.

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