The dangers of buying drugs on the internet

Patients turning to the internet to get cheap drugs can get almost anything they want, with no questions asked. Paul Kelly finds out just how easy it is to get round the law.

ANYONE who wants to get their hands on drugs needs just three things: the internet, a credit card and a spare five minutes.

That’s how easy it is to obtain everything from Viagra and Prozac to Valium and hardcore painkillers - all without so much as a prescription from your family doctor.