merely making use of the drug just to turn themselves into better lovers

Viagra can sometimes be a very touchy political subject! Recently Brian Meaney a Councillor from Clare County in Ireland said that it was not right that the Irish Health Service Executive was spending millions of euros on Viagra when the country was in deep recession and the taxpayer was struggling to make ends meet.

Councillor Brian Meaney said that rules and regulations should be formulated to make sure that Viagra and the other erectile dysfunction drugs Cialis and Levitra were only prescribed in genuine cases. He said that he was motivated to bring up this issue after a potential voter, a man who was over 80, said that he wanted more Viagra provided free of charge.

Councillor Meaney said he felt that a lot of this money spent on Viagra was not being used by men who really needed it but more by men who were using it for recreational purposes. The other point that was made was that despite the economic situation the amount of Viagra being provided by the Health Service Executive was rising every year! In the UK the National Health Service has also responded to calls to restrict the amount of Viagra given to individuals due to the economic uncertainty.

The problem with Councillor Meaneys proposals is that it is almost impossible to properly evaluate who is a real and genuine case for receiving free Viagra and who is merely making use of the drug just to turn themselves into better lovers.

The case also opens up the question of whether men have a right to have sex when they are in their sixties and seventies or whether their old age means that the state is no longer required to help them maintain an erection.

At the end of the day this argument always looks completely different depending whether you are the man that cannot get an erection or the institution paying for the drug!