NDLEA warns medicine dealers against sale of controlled drugs in Abia

The Abia State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, CN Leonard Nnadim, has admonished leaders and stakeholders of the National Association of Patent and Proprietary Medicine Dealers, NAPPMED, not to administer controlled medicines, psychotropic substances and different illicit drugs to members of the Abia public.

The commandant gave the complaint during a gathering with the enactment of NAPPMED from Aba North, Aba South and Osisioma LGAs of the state.

Nnadim stressed that patent and proprietary medicine dealers inhabit a strategical presumption successful the healthcare and drug-control system, noting that their businesses bring them into nonstop interaction with medicines and substances that could beryllium abused oregon diverted for non-medical purposes.

He urged the NAPPMED leaders to guarantee strict compliance with applicable laws and regulations governing the merchantability and organisation of medicines, peculiarly substances with psychoactive and addictive properties.

The commandant warned against the indiscriminate merchantability of controlled medicines to persons without due prescriptions oregon for purposes different than morganatic aesculapian treatment.

He besides cautioned members against becoming conduits for the diversion of pharmaceutical products into the illicit cause market.

According to him,...