Crime

An Auckland pharmacist and academic is concerned the planned roadside drug-testing regime may unfairly inconvenience some drivers appropriately taking prescription medicines. 

An Auckland pharmacist and academic is concerned the planned roadside drug-testing regime may unfairly inconvenience some drivers appropriately taking prescription medicines

A WAITAKI PHARMACY was burgled at knifepoint last month.

Pseudoephedrine became available for over-the-counter sale for the first time in 13 years on 20 May, after the ACT Party delivered on its election promise to undo the 2011 reclassification of the product as a prescription-only medicine. Jonathan Chilton-Towle looks at what pharmacies have experienced since then

Pseudoephedrine became available for over-the-counter sale for the first time in 13 years on 20 May, after the ACT Party delivered on its election promise to undo the 2011 reclassification of the product as a prescription-only medicine. Jonathan Chilton-Towle looks at what pharmacies have experienced since then

AS PSEUDOEPHEDRINE-RELATED crime is expected to rise with the return of products to pharmacy shelves, a New Zealand pharmaceutical company has created a pseudoephedrine product that is more difficult to use to manufacture methamphetamine.

As pseudoephedrine-related crime is expected to rise with the return of products to pharmacy shelves, a New Zealand pharmaceutical company has created a pseudoephedrine product that is more difficult to use to manufacture methamphetamine

Pharmacists say they are seeing an increase in drug seeking since pseudoephedrine-containing medicines returned to their shelves and are calling for a national register to record sales of the products

A Motueka pharmacy may have been the first in the country to get burgled for pseudoephedrine in 13 years, less than a week after the product became available again

A man has been arrested following an armed holdup at a Christchurch pharmacy, while another offender is being sought for an Auckland robbery reports Natasha Jojoa Burling