Friday distractions

On this August Friday afternoon, you’re surely looking for a distraction or two if you are unlucky enough to be at the office like the rest of us. Look no further than FP‘s latest (first?) interactive quiz: Spot the Fake Drug. Given a choice between real medicines and counterfeit ones, can you recognize the dangerous ...

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On this August Friday afternoon, you're surely looking for a distraction or two if you are unlucky enough to be at the office like the rest of us. Look no further than FP's latest (first?) interactive quiz: Spot the Fake Drug. Given a choice between real medicines and counterfeit ones, can you recognize the dangerous fakes?

On this August Friday afternoon, you’re surely looking for a distraction or two if you are unlucky enough to be at the office like the rest of us. Look no further than FP‘s latest (first?) interactive quiz: Spot the Fake Drug. Given a choice between real medicines and counterfeit ones, can you recognize the dangerous fakes?

And check out Roger Bate’s fascinating — and disturbing – (subscribers-only) look at the growing global fake drug trade in the latest issue of FP. He reveals how counterfeiters in India and China mix chalk and dust into phony Viagra pills and cancer meds that are sold around the world. After taking the quiz, you may be more worried than ever about these fakes winding up in your neighborhood pharmacy.

Carolyn O'Hara is a senior editor at Foreign Policy.

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