He has been interviewed on suspicion of selling non medicinal poison and released on bail. The force said the black tablets were bought from BMG Herbal Products in Birmingham. A spokesman said: "We would urge anyone who has purchased black tablets from BMG Herbal Products, which are being sold as herbal supplements for impotence, to stop taking them, contact police and seek immediate medical advice if they are experiencing any adverse symptoms."
Police said the amount found in the man's body could have had "serious consequences". They said he fell ill 12 days ago, but the source of the "unusual level" of arsenic in his system had only just been found. Det Ch Insp Lisa Atkinson said the force, which is carrying out forensic tests on the pills, is conducting ongoing inquiries into their supply.
"Based on what the man involved has told us, we suspect the tablets may have been the source of the arsenic he has consumed," she said. She advised people consuming similar tablets bought on the internet to be aware of the risk to their health. "While it is expected that he will make a full recovery we are told this is unusual for the level of arsenic in his system and that consequences could have been far more serious."
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In the Victorian era, arsenic was used as a recreational drug and some became "addicted" to it. It wasn't difficult to get a hold of, it was extensively used as rat poison and all you had to do was look semi-respectable and sign the "poisons book".
This at the time when "Heroin" was a trademark and freely available from pharmacies and cocaine was used to dull the worst of toothache.
I laugh whenever Victorians are portrayed as prim and proper and "respectable"; they were stoned oot their tits and visiting 12 year-old prostitutes (12 was the legal age for consensual sex for girls in Victorian Britain).
It makes you wonder why the current Conservative party seem determined to take the UK back to those times.
I'm amused that anyone thinks of any particular age as being prim and proper.. hell even when you learn greek or latin they've got a wide and varied selection of utter profanity.
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