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New calls for pharmacy pseudoephedrine ban

 

16-Dec-2007: There are renewed calls for pseudoephedrine products used to make the drug "ice" to be removed from pharmacies.

The pharmacists division of the Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers says robberies to obtain the products are putting pharmacy staff at risk.

Spokesman Geoff March says recent measures to restrict sale of the products to legitimate customers do nothing to stop the robberies.

"The profits made out of diverting pseudoephedrine into amphetamine are obviously huge," he said.

"We've had break-ins and of course a lot of pharmacists these days are females and they're called in to secure the shop at night.

"There's been a number of hold-ups as well."

He says restricting the sale of the products to legitimate customers in some states does nothing to stop drug-related robberies.

"This is a relatively long-standing issue we've faced within community pharmacy," he said.

"The criminals are making large amounts of money out of this so taking pseudoephedrines out of pharmacies would probably reduce that issue."

Source: ABC Online