Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Drug and Narcotic Control

Control of drug and narcotic use by international agreement, or by institutional systems for handling prescribed drugs. This includes regulations concerned with the manufacturing, dispensing, approval (DRUG APPROVAL), and marketing of drugs.

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Abstract

Control of drug and narcotic use by international agreement, or by institutional systems for handling prescribed drugs. This includes regulations concerned with the manufacturing, dispensing, approval (DRUG APPROVAL), and marketing of drugs.

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Synonyms

18 entry terms
  • Narcotic and Drug Control
  • Drug Control
  • Drug Regulations
  • Narcotic Control
  • Pharmaceutic Policy
  • Pharmaceutical Policy
  • Control, Drug
  • Control, Narcotic
  • Controls, Drug
  • Controls, Narcotic
  • Drug Controls
  • Drug Regulation
  • Narcotic Controls
  • Pharmaceutical Policies
  • Policies, Pharmaceutical
  • Policy, Pharmaceutical
  • Regulation, Drug
  • Regulations, Drug

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6 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings economics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

Public Law 91-513; includes international agreement; specify country or state

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History Note

68; DRUG REGULATIONS was see LEGISLATION, DRUG 1990-92; DRUG RECALL was see LEGISLATION, DRUG 1985-92; NARCOTIC TRADE was heading 1963-67

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Drug and Narcotic Control. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004335. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004335
  2. Drug and Narcotic Control. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67212770