Crime

A LAW CHANGE THAT will allow pseudoephedrine cold and flu products to be sold by pharmacists again has taken another step forward.

The health select committee has recommended that the legislation to return pseudoephedrine to pharmacy shelves proceed to its second reading without changes

A man has been arrested following an armed holdup at a Christchurch pharmacy

When a staff member called out to Ross Anderson from the dispensary in his Unichem Rangatira pharmacy, he did not expect to be greeted by an armed robber. 

The ACT Party’s election promise to return pseudoephedrine to pharmacy shelves is one step closer to fruition after the law change passed its first reading in Parliament on 20 February.

Two organisations have called for a real-time monitoring system to stop addicts or drug manufacturers shopping around for the precursor to methamphetamine

Staff at a Christchurch pharmacy are in shock after an armed robbery

The ACT Party’s election promise to return pseudoephedrine to pharmacy shelves is one step closer to fruition after the law change passed its first reading at Parliament on 20 February

ACT Party leader David Seymour has heard from pharmacists who are worried about the ban on pseudoephedrine being lifted, but says most people are glad they could have it at their disposal again in future

A defibrillator stolen in December from outside the Unichem Pharmacy in Springvale, Whanganui remains missing.