General News

"Dance drug" can kill say experts

An article in the Guardian identifies a loophole in the law allowing the "dance drug" benzylpiperazine to be sold as fertiliser. The report urges the EU to consider a ban.

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2008-03-12 09:38 by Jo Richardson

Call for pharmacists to dispense CDs

Pharmacists should be allowed to prescribe all controlled drugs, the government's drugs advisor has told ministers.

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2008-03-10 10:59 by Ali Afshar

Pharmacist Caught Stealing CDs

This is an article from a local Newcastle newspaper reporting about a pharmacist who had been helping himself to patient returned and out of date controlled drugs.

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2008-03-05 11:32 by Jo Richardson