Officials of the Drug Control Administration and the police on Monday conducted awareness programme for medical shop owners on sale of sleeping pills and other sedative drugs to minors.
Central Zone Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) P. Bhaskar Rao said that some drug store owners were selling alprazolam, lorazepam and other drugs without prescription and to minors. Those who were selling drugs violating rules would be booked as per law, the ACP warned.
Machavaram CI B. Gunaram said it had come to the notice of the police that some medical shops were not maintaining stock and sale registers properly, and many drugs were being misused. He appealed to the druggists to maintain records and not to sell sleeping pills to children, even if they produced doctor’s prescription.
