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Robber gets surprise when pharmacist opens fire

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

It was a robbery with a big surprise for the robber. A gunman walked into a CVS drugstore expecting to hold up the place. What he didn’t expect was to find a pharmacist who had a gun and was not afraid to use it.
The shooting happened just after midnight at the CVS on Walton Way and 15th Street.
Investigators say this isn’t the first time CVS has been robbed, but this time was different. A pharmacist fired at the suspect, protecting himself and (more…)

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Pharmacists struggling to deal with prescription drug fraud in B.C.: study

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

CBC.ca:
B.C.’s pharmacists are not prepared to detect or deal with prescription drug fraud, according to a new study conducted by the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford.
The study found that even if there’s something obviously wrong with a prescription slip, many pharmacists are worried about what would happen if they confronted a patient, according to co-author Dr. Irwin Cohen, the research director of the university’s centre for social (more…)

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