World Of Tourism

Here's a story to tickle your fancy or whatever might need tickling. The National Police have confiscated 9,000 'false' viagra tablets that were being sold on the internet. Four people have been arrested for importing and distributing tens of thousands of phoney viagra tablets in Spain, with a possible value of over 50,000€.

After reading this story, I had a good laugh and looked over at my boss to tell her the tale of the viagra tablets with clearly no side effects and she asked a question I hadn't even thought of, "how did they discover that?". The question is simple and I reread the article to see if I had somehow missed that part and I hadnt, because it wasn't mentioned. That leads me to believe that numerous people started complaining and the more they complained the more police started to take notice of what they were saying.

That brings me to a question of my own, how many people in the world are using viagra? I'm sure the number would shock even the most free thinking. So I researched viagra, to find out a little more about this so called wonder drug and why it's taking over the world one pill at a time. Or to be more specific nine pills every second, that's nearly 300 million tablets per year and thats the truth my friends.

So the basics are basic, obviously, viagra is to be used when a man cannot get an erection due to emotional or physical problems, I think we've all established that but that doesnt explain why so many man are buying a product to enhance sexual performance, has the world gone soft? the answer is simple. I read that younger men are asking for prescriptions under the impression that it will enhance their performance. Although the majortiy of men over a certain age are getting the bulk of the pills, there is an abnormally high percentage of younger men using it recreationally.

I started to wonder if it did enhance performance. Apparently it all depends on the person, as with many other drugs, although doctors do say that it can have the reverse effect and men expecting to last for a couple of hours, land up lasting a couple of seconds, you know what they say about too much blood....nevermind..... the point is that a drug that is meant for people who have actual erectile problems is being used as a way of spicing up the bedroom.

I came across another story that almost made me scream with laughter. A 25 year old, fit and healthy young man had managed to get a viagra tablet from a friend, he of course, was elated and started setting up for a romantic evening, he took the pill, sat in the hot tub and enjoyed a glass of wine. But when he got out of the hot tub to greet his female counterpart, he fainted. Talk about an anti climax. Needless to say he consulted his local GP and was completely humiliated.

I still havent established if using viagra recreationally does have any special kicks but it obviously does for some or sales wouldnt be as high as they are. Our poor friend in the hot tub was clearly not one of the lucky ones. What I do know is that it's a safe drug and it's not life threatening when used by young, healthy men and it's clearly big business, even if its one distributing false tablets.