QUESTION

• Discuss the Therapeutic Substance Act.

INTRODUCTION

• It is an Act to control the importation, exportation,

Possession, sale, distribution and use of certain.
Therapeutic substances which must be adhered.
• The pharmacy and poisons Act were repealed in 2004 by
the pharmaceutical ACT of 2004. The Pharmaceutical act
was enacted by parliament to establish the
Pharmaceutical regulation authority.
DEFINITION OF TERMS

• Controlled substance : A controlled substance is

generally a drug or chemical whose manufacture,
possession and use is regulated by a government, such as
illicit used drugs or prescription medications that are
designated by law.
• License : A permit from an authority to own or use
something, do a particular thing, or carry on a trade.
• Pharmacists : Are healthcare professionals who specialize
in the right way to use, store, preserve, and provide
medicine.
• Prescription : An instruction written by a medical
practitioner that authorizes a patient to be issued with a
medicine or treatment.
• Therapeutics: The branch of medicine concerned with the
treatment of disease and the action of remedial agents,
treatment, therapy or drug.
• The function of the pharmaceutical regulation authority
is to provide the following;
• 1.Registration and regulation of pharmacies
• 2.Registration and regulation of medicines intended for
Home and animal use
• 3.Regulation and control of manufacturing, importation,
Possession, storage, distribution, supply, promotion and
use of medicine herbal medicine and allied substances.
• THE ACT IS SUBDIVIDED INTO ELEVEN PARTS
• PART I: PRELIMINARY
• “Pharmacy and Poisons Board” means the board
established under the provisions of section three of
the Pharmacy Cap. 299 and Poisons Act; “Administer”
means to give a substance to a human being on an
animal orally or by injection by introducing into the
body in another or by external application whether
• by direct contact with the body or not and any reference
and administering a substance is reference to administer
it in its existing form. “Allied substances” include
cosmetics, disinfectants; food supplements food
additives, medical and surgical sundries, medical devices
condoms and blood products. “preparation” includes
compound, mixture and salt.
• PART II. CONTROL OF IMPORTATION, EXPORTATION, POSSESSION,
SALE, DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF CERTAIN THERAPEUTIC
SUBSTANCES
• Its functions are; -overseeing and powers of authority
• PART III. REGISTRATION OF PHARMACIES
• No person is allowed to carry out the business of
pharmacists unless he/she is registered under the
regulatory authority. A registered pharmacist clause 17.
Exemption of hospital pharmacy provided by minister or
recommenced of authority such as other person not
recognized with related qualifications registered.
• PART IV. LICENCES
• The regulatory authority provides licenses for;
• •Manufacturing
• •Wholeselling
• •Distribution
• •Importing and exporting.
• PART V
• It is concerned with registration of medicines, herbal
medicines and allied substances categories such as: -
•Medicine only prescription
• •Pharmacy medicine
• •General sale medicine
• •Advertising
• •Labelling; No substance shall be sold, or offered for
sale, unless it is contained in a sealed container labelled
with the following particulars;
• (a)The name and address of the maker.
• (b)the recognized name of the substance, in letters no
less clear than those in which the correct name, if any, is
stated, which should appear immediately after or under
such proprietary name.
• (c) a distinctive batch number, being the number by
reference to which the details of manufacture and tests
carried out by the manufacturer on the substance
contained in such container are recorded.
• (d)The expiry date, that is to say, the date up to which a
preparation may be expected to retain its potency if
stored in accordance with any special instructions shown
on the label special storage instructions if any.
• PART VI. HERBAL MEDICINE•
• It’s Act provides:
• •Licenses for herbal medicine
• •Importation and exportation, sale and distribution and
herbal medicine
• PART VII. CLINICAL TRIALS AND ANIMAL TEST
• •The act provides for human and animal clinical trials for
various research purposes.
• PART VIII. POISONS
• •The Act provides a list of poisons distribution, sale,
supply and use of poisons.
• PART IX. THE NATIONAL DRUG QUALITY CONTROL
LABORATORY
• •The act provides for;
• •Quality drug control
• •Analysis of seized narcotics
• •National quality assurance system.
• PART X. INSPECTION
• •Powers of search and inspection by any government
medical officer, any police officer or any other person
duly authorized in writing in that behalf by the
pharmaceutical regulation authority may, for the purpose
of securing compliance with the act carry an inspection.
• PART XI. GENERAL PROVISIONS
• •The Act provides for
• •Manufacturing of patented (original) products
• •Prohibition of harmful cosmetics
• •Regulation and recommendation of drugs and allied
substances.
CONCLUSION

• Drug testing can be a constructive means of helping

youth overcome denial of their substance abuse. As a
part of intervention, drug testing can be used to help
youth achieve and maintain recovery and curtail other
deviant behaviors. Over time, effective drug
identification will help juvenile justice agencies achieve
the goals of a balanced approach including community
protection, youth accountability, and competency
development.
REFERENCE

• 1.Bagley, Constance E. (2018). The entrepreneur’s guide

to law and strategy. Craig E. Dauchy (Fifth Ed.). Boston,
MA.