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Pseudoephedrine is back: Is crime making a return?

Jonathan Chilton-Towle

Friday 12 July 2024, 05:02 PM

One pharmacy has been burgled for pseudoephedrine, so far [Image: iStock.com – stevecoleimages]

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

Since pseudoephedrine returned to pharmacy shelves just over a month ago, one pharmacy has been burgled for the product and some pharmacists are repor

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