Srinagar, Aug. 7 -- The Drug and Food Control Organisation in Jammu and Kashmir has cancelled the licence of eight pharmacies and suspended operations of 75 retail outlets as part of its crackdown against misuse of pharmaceutical drugs. The step has been taken to ensure the public safety and curb the misuse of pharmaceutical drugs. The objective of the initiative is to identify the pharmacies operating in violation of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and to strengthen the mechanisms preventing the unauthorised sale of psychotropic substances and prescription drugs.

Of late medical profession has turned into money minting trade for all those who are associated with it. So huge is the money in this field that not only the trained doctors ...