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Trio ‘bust’ for allegedly selling medicines to teens

Three KZN men have been arrested after police found them in possession of Schedule 5 medication, which they were allegedly selling to teenagers.

One of the men is employed at a local pharmacy, and SAPS said they were found with boxes of cough mixture and Mylan Alprazolam tablets – Xanax, reports IOL.

 

IOL article – Cough mixture and ‘Xanax’ bust sheds light on bigger issue around teen drug abuse (Open access)

 

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