More than 4,700 community pharmacies in Ontario are now required to install time-delayed safes for narcotics and high-risk drugs in response to a rise in robberies.
In an emailed statement, Toronto police said there have been 54 pharmacy robberies in the city so far this year.
In 2022, there were 10 pharmacy robberies in Edmonton, Alta. from January to April. There were zero robberies from April to January 2023, the college said. In 2021, Samara’s pharmacies were robbed twice. “Part of my job getting robbed,” he said. “This needed to happen a long time ago,” he added about the mandate.
CEO Justin Bates said Ontario pharmacists are welcoming the safes, although some expressed concern that thieves might escalate to violence if they don’t have quick access to narcotics.
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