Pharmacist fury at deal for vapes to be restricted to pharmacies-only, without adults needing prescription
www.abc.net.au
Vapes will be banned from sale outside pharmacies, but adults will not need a prescription to buy them, as the federal government agrees to water down its proposed ban to win over the Greens.
  • In short: Australia will restrict the sale of vapes to pharmacies from next week, as the Greens agree to pass a proposed ban.
  • The government has agreed however to water down restrictions that would have required adults to obtain a prescription.
  • What’s next? The laws will be debated and put to a vote in parliament later this week.
  • Kayel
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    6 months ago

    Yeah, that’s why the Greens opposed prescription. They aren’t as subject to the Murdoch media cycle so they’re free to point out the issues with criminalisation from an evidence based practice perspective.