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Navander explained that if a patient has high fever, diarrhoea, heart attack etc he would first approach his chemist and cannot wait for online drugs. “Hence, in all emergencies when your nearest chemists helps you and gives you as much discount why should you opt for online pharmacy?” he said.Many people claim that online sale allows much more discount than next door chemist. It may also encourage much younger girls to enter into sexual activity,” said Navander and added there have been cases of use of online drugs for committing suicides as well.People associate online sale with easy accessibility of medicine but the MSCDA officials claim that it is a myth. MTP kits are also sold online without the prescription of a gynaecologist. Nagpur: Terming online sale of drugs or e-pharmacy as illegal, unsafe, leading to misuse of drugs, and undesirable competition, the All India Organization of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) has threatened a nationwide strike on September 28.The organization has called upon the Centre to consider their request of regulating online drug sales with proper laws and address the concerns associated with it..