Crime

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.

A defibrillator stolen from outside a Whanganui pharmacy in December remains missing

A retired pharmacist says allowing the sale of pseudoephedrine products would be a “backwards step” and would lead to armed hold-ups, whereas a practising pharmacist who experienced a hold-up welcomes the return of the products, saying they were an effective tool in pharmacists’ arsenal

The ACT party’s proposal to reverse the restrictions on pseudoephedrine would see a return to daily burglaries of pharmacies says retired Auckland pharmacist Warren Flaunty

THE PHARMACY COUNCIL said last month it has taken no action after four pharmacies in Taranaki were deceived into dispensing fraudulent scripts for Ritalin, clonazepam and diazepam

The Pharmacy Council has so far taken no action after four pharmacies in Taranaki were deceived into dispensing fraudulent scripts for Ritalin, clonazepam and diazepam. 

Dunedin pharmacy owner Stephanie Corby is gutted that her business has been burgled for the second time in just six months

A pharmacy view from the front line of the 23-day protest which ended with fires blazing, explosions and arrests