Report to Congress: Efforts to Prevent Dangerous Drugs from Illicitly Reaching the Public1972 - 39 pages |
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AMOBARBITAL AMPHETAMINE TABLETS arrests barbiturates believe that BNDD biturates BNDD officials BNDD's Bureau of Narcotics CAPSULES chemical-precursor compliance with Federal CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES Controlled Substances Act dangerous drug thefts data on drug define the type Department of Justice DIRECTOR OF BNDD diversions or seizures dosage-form DPSC Drug Abuse drug diversion drug industry drug manufacturers drug problem drug seizures drugs seized encourage the drug enforcement agencies enforcement groups Establish a uniform excess-purchase program Federal regulations hallucinogenic drugs illegal sales illicit market In-depth investigations information it desires information on drugs information system Jersey LEAA legitimate drug local enforcement groups manufactured drugs METHAMPHETAMINE Mexican firms military services monitor retailers monitoring activities monitoring the drug Narcotics and Dangerous obtaining information orders or purchases percent pharmacies PHENOBARBITAL potential diversion recommendations regional offices responsible for monitoring schedule II SECOBARBITAL show all drug stimulants and depressants thefts and shortages tion uniform collection program wholesale distributors
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Page 6 - The Depressants The most widely used and abused of the depressant drugs are the barbiturates. These are known generally as "goofballs." They have chemical names, such as pentobarbital sodium and secobarbital sodium, and particular nicknames, such as "nimbies" and "seccy" (after trade names of the two drugs ) . There are more than 25 barbiturates marketed for clinical use.
Page 24 - ... of drugs. The Act also divided controlled substances into five schedules or classes on the basis for their potential for abuse, accepted medical use and accepted safety under medical supervision. Substances included in Schedule I are those with a high potential for abuse, no accepted medical use and lack of accepted safety. Those in Schedules II through V decrease in potential for abuse. Prescriptions for drugs in all these schedules must bear the physician's Federal Drug Enforcement (FDE) license...
Page 5 - This has been made particularly desirable as a result of the recent governmental reorganization in which the Bureau of Narcotics of the Treasury Department and the Bureau of Drug Abuse Control of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare were merged into a single agency within the Department of Justice.
Page 33 - ... diversion from legitimate sources, it becomes critical to approach not only the control of illicit and legitimate traffic in these substances at the national and international levels, but also to approach this problem at the State and local level on a uniform basis. A main objective of this Uniform Act is to create a coordinated and codified system of drug control, similar to that utilized at the Federal level, which classifies all narcotics, marihuana, and dangerous drugs subject to control...
Page 25 - ... barbiturate diversion. The Committee feels that schedule III treatment and the resultant controls will not prove adequate to prevent the current unconscionable diversion of legal production into the illicit market. 7. Manufacturers, Distributors, and Dispensers Should Monitor Their Sales More Carefully. No amount of Government regulation can be as effective as private enterprise carefully monitoring its own sales. Manufacturers, distributors, and dispensers, realizing the dangerousness of their...
Page 3 - The Department of Justice agreed that GAO's recommendations were valid and said that they would be made effective, to the greatest extent possible, on a priority basis. With respect to the need to better spell out the types of statistics needed, the Department said that the development of a uniform collection program would require extensive time, effort, and resources and would hamper present operations. The Bureau, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration,...
Page 1 - The Bureau received tips from drug manufacturers about unusually large or suspicious orders or purchases of dangerous drugs but did not maintain enough records to follow up leads systematically. ( See p. 16.) Procedures were not established requiring the military services to provide Information to the Bureau on drug theft* and shortages.
Page 26 - The final result was passage of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act in October 1970.
Page 26 - BNDD established several targets concerned with voluntary compliance and self -regulation, which were (l) to invite officials of the drug industry to form an advisory council, (2) to contact all distributors to familiarize them with laws and penalties and to maintain this contact on a regular basis, (3) to develop a program for promoting professional respect for regulatory programs through personal contact and correspondence with professional schools and associations, and (4) to publish a comprehensive...
Page 15 - ... Through its examination BNDD identified pills smuggled in from Mexico as being manufactured by a drug firm in the Midwest. Subsequent investigations at this firm revealed that large quantities of amphetamines were en route to a fictitious address in Mexico. This shipment was seized. In our visits to...