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Pharmacists trained to safeguard workplace

The Fairview Pharmacy and Home Care Supply store

Photo credit: Joseph D. Sullivan | The Fairview Pharmacy and Home Care Supply store in Port Jefferson Station. Its owner has taken measures to increase security. (Jan. 4, 2012)

Suffolk police trained pharmacists Tuesday on how to safeguard their workplaces from robberies and other crimes related to prescription drug abuse.

"We want to make sure that we are providing a safe environment for employees, for pharmacy staff and for the customers," Richard J. Zenuch of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma Lp told a conference in Brentwood Tuesday. "We can't control the actions...

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