Article: Fed: Medicine vending machines improve access industry


AAP General News (Australia)
01-22-2001
Fed: Medicine vending machines improve access industry

CANBERRA, Jan 22 AAP - Vending machines selling medicines would be a major step towards
providing better consumer access to responsible self-medication, advocates said today.

A group known as the Australian Self-Medication Industry (ASMI) said recent media reports
on medicine vending machines were unduly alarmist and based on a misunderstanding of the
facts.

"The sale of medications from vending machines will reduce the cost of self-medication
and improve convenience for consumers by proving 24-hour access to medicines," ASMI executive
director Juliet Seifert said in a statement.

"It is ...

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