asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of a statement made at a meeting which was being addressed regarding drug addiction indicating that pharmacists employed in local authority dispensaries were partly to blame for giving out drugs too freely; that this statement as it stands is unfair to all pharmacists in all dispensaries; and if he will comment on this statement.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Drug Addiction.
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I have seen the reported statement referred to in the question. I have no evidence to substantiate the allegation made regarding the issue of drugs by dispensary pharmacists.