Talk:Tag:shop=chemist

Definitions associated with 'Chemist'

UK

• Chemist: A person or specialist in chemistry.
• Chemist's shop: A place where a chemist sells chemical compounds and can advise customers on the use of such chemicals sold. Such premises are mapped as 'shop=chemist'
• Pharmacy: A place or specialist counter where medicinal chemical compounds can be obtained for any animal*. Usually, shop=chemist contains a pharmacy.
• Dispensary: A place or specialist counter where prescription drugs are dispensed. Usually, pharmacies are dispensing.

• Head Shop: A shop selling drugs (e.g. 'legal highs'), drug paraphernalia and associated stuff.

* Some UK pharmacies sell domestic pet care chemical treatments.

US

• Drugstore:
• pharmacy:
• Dispensing:

NSI Presets

Currently, the Name Suggestion Index tags US chains like Walgreens and CVS with this shop=chemist. Despite this, the wiki says that US drugstores should be tagged with amenity=pharmacy. So which one should be used? TheAdventurer64 (talk) 22:29, 21 July 2022 (UTC)