Dangerous Drug Board - was created by RA 6425 (Dangerous Drug Act of 1972)
Narcotic drugs - any drug which produces insensibility, stupor, melancholy or dullness of mind with delusions and which may be habit forming
Ex. opium, opium derivatives and synthetic opiates
Dangerous drugs - refers to prohibited or regulated drugs
Prohibited drugs - include opium, and its active components and derivatives (heroin, morphine, LSD)
Regulated drugs - include self-inducing sedatives (Phenobarbital, amphetamines) RA 953 - Narcotic Drug Law
Nurses in relation to Narcotics
The
nurse must remember that dispensing, administering, distribution or
giving away of narcotics to a patient by a registered physician,
veterinary surgeon or other practitioner registered under the narcotics
drug law should be in THE COURSE OF HIS PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE only and
for legitimate medical purposes. Nurse can handle narcotics in the
course of their professional practice only as agents for practitioners
of institutions under whose direction or supervision their duties are
performed
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