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The drugs found most frequently on the Internet are sex-drive boosting pills including tranquillisers or sedators, or pills that assist penis erection or prolong ejaculation. Abortion pills or women's hormones are also sought after by women and homosexual males, said Phanuphat Phumphruek, who quoted from his own doctorate thesis with Mahidol University.

The thesis said most of the drugs were dangerous and used without doctor prescription. "Online buyers, whether they buy drugs from underground or legal websites, are exposed to risk of fatal drug allergy or fatal poisoning if they consume fake drugs," he added.

Despite stricter control by a new law to protect users from online content or abuse, there are still no laws that control legal selling and purchasing medicines online to protect consumers. He said the information or advertising on drug-selling websites was not inspected or regulated by authorities.

Most online purchasers of drugs, whether from underground or legal websites, are men, mostly with the purpose of luring unwilling women into having sex with them after stimulating their sex drive against their will, or sedating them.

A Health Promotion Foundation official, Natthaya Bunphakdee, said in the seminar that newer and broader perspectives towards sex by both adults and teenagers were needed in modern sex education, to effectively prevent social or health problems stemming from sex. A seminar at Rama Gardens Hotel from today to Wednesday will be held for child activists educationists and those interested, she said.