On Tue, 9 Jun 2009 23:05:08 +0100, "Mr X"  wrote:

>>> The real question is how many people buy illegal medicines to avoid
>>> paying NHS charges.

>> That's a good one! Got any figures?

>No but I imagine that it represents a fraction of a percent.  Where would 
>you buy knock-off penicillin? 

And how much of that medicine will be home-made and sold by criminals
rather than medicines made by a reputable company and bought from
legitimate retailers in countries where the regulations permit it?

-- 
Cynic

On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:18:39 +0100, "Aidy" 
wrote:

>"JohnR"  wrote in message 
>news:4a2fa1f3$0$16275$386e9d2@unlimited.newshosting.com...
>> On which planet are they cheaper?
>
>What's cheaper...bootleg cigs or cigs from the shop?  Bootleg beer or beer 
>from the shop?  Pirate DVDs or DVDs from the shop?  Counterfeit goods or 
>goods from the shop?  If the legal version was ever cheaper why would people 
>go down the illegal route?

What if there were only a criminal monopoly with no legal market that
criminals needed to undercut.

Would the criminals keep their product cheaper than they need to then?

Or would they milk them for all the profits they could.

Svenne