Counterfeit Drugs in Morocco Linked to Cancer and Infertility Risks

Taking advantage of the legislative void, drug trafficking networks market these deadly products throughout the country, a source of cancer and infertility for the population, often stimulated by their very low cost. These products include tablets from France and Spain, as well as cosmetics of Indian origin.

The trafficking of these counterfeit drugs has been widely diversified and now includes countries like Singapore, China and India, which has become one of the largest producers of sexual stimulants, with prices twice as low as the products sold in pharmacies, reports the daily Assabah, cited by the site le360.

The same source also indicates that some of these products, of Mauritanian origin, are used to increase the size of the buttocks, while tablets from Pakistan and India are used to increase the volume of the breasts.

Unfortunately for their users, these products, as well as generic drugs from Algeria, Pakistan, Mauritania, Yemen and India, are very dangerous and can cause cancer and infertility.

According to the same newspaper, these counterfeit drugs, once in Morocco, are stored in warehouses in Al Hoceima, Guelmim and Laâyoune, before being distributed throughout the Moroccan territory.

This traffic, almost as lucrative as drug trafficking, goes through the border posts of Algeria and Mauritania, as well as those of the cities of Sebta and Melilla. In addition to the dangers faced by users of these drugs, this traffic has a negative impact on the macroeconomic balances of the Kingdom, adds the same newspaper.