dehradun following allegations of pharmacies in dehradun not adhering to prescription guidelines and flouting drugdistribution laws the health department and dehradun district administration have said they will take action against any establishment found violating the law according to provisions no pharmacy is allowed to sell schedule h h1 drugs lifesaving medicines psychotropics among others over the counter the license of any pharmacy selling these drugs without a prescription can immediately be suspended as per the lawneeraj kumar senior drug inspector dehradun told toi it was brought to our attention that some pharmacies may be selling such drugs without a prescription therefore our teams are now conducting random inspections throughout the city on an average 2025 inspections are conducted monthly and about 10 samples are collected we will be conducting more inspections soonaccording to the district drug department there are around 3500 registered pharmacies in the city in the last two days the chief medical officer of dehradun along with drug department officials inspected three pharmacies and two clinics samples were also collected for testing from these establishments while there was no evidence of sales without prescription we found issues with the registration documents of two of the establishments we inspected we have issued notices to them the clinics were also not up to date with their papers as this is a serious medical lapse we instructed them to fix the issue and follow all norms of the medical establishment act said cmo dehradun dr manoj upreti the sale records and stock register of the pharmacies were also scrutinised during the exercise officials are especially concerned about the illegal sale of addictive drugs around the educational institutions of the city we dont want the younger generation to have access to any pharmaceutical without a doctors recommendation for fear of addiction our staff will be on the lookout for any violations strict action will be taken against all offenders said the cmowhile a majority of pharmacy owners scrapped the allegations of selling addictive drugs over the counter a pharmacist at a dalanwalabased shop requesting anonymity told toi big pharmacy brands are very particular about prescriptions but the smaller companies dont pay that much attention to it over the years we have become familiar with a lot of our clientele so we make exceptions for them every now and then