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Monday 25 May 1998 00:02 BST

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TAIWANESE gangsters are smuggling in the drug Viagra from the United States to meet demand for its alleged benefits to male virility. It is being sold on the black market for more than $60 (pounds 38) a dose, more than four times the US selling price. Chief customers for the drug were gigolos and male hosts who entertain female customers at karaoke bars, newspapers said.

- AP, Taipei

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