Nearly 40,000 pharmacies in Tamil Nadu will be shut on October 14, in protest against the government move to recommend online drug retail.

T Natarajan, General Secretary of Chennai District Chemists and Druggists Association, said, “While booking medicines on the net, one is not sure whether all rules are followed in keeping these medicines in cold storage as mandated under the Act.”
Some websites are selling drugs in violation of the provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and Rules, 1940, added Natarajan.
The online sales of medicines will affect eight lakh chemists across India. As a result of online sales, fake drugs could also enter the market. It is dangerous to sell medicines without prescription said AIOCD.
Source-Medindia