DANGEROUS DRUGS
RECORD OF SALES TO PUBLIC POLICE ALLEGE LAXITY. (Per United PreSs Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, June 8. Laxity among chemists generally in the compilation of the register required under the Dangerous Drugs Act was alleged by the police, when John Harold Kane, manager of the United Friendly Societies’ Dispensary, was charged with failing to keep a proper register. He pleaded guilty, and was fined £3 and costs.
Senior-sergeant Fox said that the records showing the drugs sold by the defendant were found in December last to be unsatisfactory. He was warned, and a later inspection was still unsatisfactory, Some entries were found to be faked to strike the necessary balance. The entries in regard to cocaine and other drugs were particularly bad. Some could not be traced at all, so lax was the system. Counsel for the defendant said he thought a charge could be brought against every medical man in the city for failing to comply with the requirements of the Act in making out prescriptions. The Magistrate (Mr E. D. Mosley) said it was of first importance that the records should be kept accurately.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21975, 9 June 1933, Page 6
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