THE law, recently passed by the government, says that aspirin and paracetamol can only be sold in packs of 32.

The price was £1 for 100; now, it is that much for 32.

These pain-killing drugs are one of the biggest selling commodities of chemists, so this law is nothing but a back-door tax.

If people want to abuse these drugs, they can easily do so, irrespective of this law.

H HAMER (Mrs), Lowther Place, Little Harwood, Blackburn.

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