DILG urges crackdown on sale of medicines in sari-sari stores

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MANILA, Philippines — After reports of fake medicines in small retail stores, the Department of the Interior and Local Government Thursday urged local governments to enact ordinances banning the sale of medicines in sari-sari stores nationwide.

In a statement sent to the media, DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said that he directed the Philippine National Police to immediately arrest violators who still persist in selling medicines, especially fake ones, despite the lack of authority to sell them.

Republic Act No. 8203 or the Special Law on Counterfeit Drugs provides that those possessing fake medicines face imprisonment of not less than six months and one day.

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