The Anti-Counterfeit Agency and the Pharmacy and Poisons Boards must move in fast to protect poor patients from rogue pharmacists who exploit their ignorance to sell to them fake drugs.
Research has indicated that chemists and retail shops are more likely to sell counterfeit drugs to the poor and that how customers are dressed can determine whether they are sold genuine or fake medicine.
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