600,000 Irish people buy counterfeit drugs every year

MORE than 600,000 Irish people are spending more than €86 million on counterfeit drugs every year as part of a potentially deadly multi-billion euro black market economy.

A study has found that hundreds of dangerous drugs, tablets and potions are being sold to Irish people every day.

According to the research, commissioned by drugs firm Pfizer and based on interviews with 14,000 people across 14 European countries, €10.5 billion is spent every year on drugs illegally bought over the internet or from third party sources.