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> Serious question: Why not just bootleg the stuff? Historically, the black market for medication has been vanishingly small. People don't as a rule trust dru
by ajross 2y ago
> Serious question: Why not just bootleg the stuff?
Historically, the black market for medication has been vanishingly small. People don't as a rule trust drugs they get off of alibaba or wherever; even the viagra gray market is a small fraction of the prescription revenue.
And this doesn't treat something critical, it's a weight loss drug. To be blunt most people would probably choose to remain fat vs. buying an illegal generic.
- operatingthetan 2y ago>To be blunt most people would probably choose to remain fat vs. buying an illegal generic. Wow, I think the exact opposite. Weight loss is a huge industry and people are desperate.
- paulryanrogers 2y agoFentanyl seems to be tainting a lot of black market drugs lately. I'd want to test anything if it came from unofficial sources.
- operatingthetan 2y agoTotally different markets. They are adding fentanyl to cut intoxicant drugs as a way to make more money. Nobody gets high on a GLP-1. Never heard of supplement/nootropic drugs being tainted and doesn't make sense that anyone would on purpose because they are sold by companies with web stores and credit card processors.
- ClassyJacket 2y agoI don't think this is true. Look at the number of people buying Modafinil off Indian websites.
- TheLoafOfBread 2y agoWell technically because India is not a black market, more like a grey market. They didn't pay for IP, Indians just copied the drugs, but they achieved their goal - selling affordable medicine with good enough quality to an average Indian.