Therapeutic use can only be considered if Drugs are looks at as a public health issue. Drug use disorders: impact of a public health rather than a criminal Volkow, N. D., et al. (2017). justice approach. World Psychiatry, 16(2), 213-214. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5428163/ Some controlled and dependence‐producing psychoactive Ensure access to scheduled medications for therapeutic use. drugs are necessary medicines for treating serious health conditions. The international drug conventions are designed to ensure legitimate medical access to such medicines, under appropriate supervision, Necessary steps should be taken to through a distribution chain that deters and combats illicit manufacture, sale, and diversion. remove barriers to accessing controlled drugs for legitimate medical needs, such as analgesic drugs in the more than 150 countries where pain is undertreated9.
Therapeutic use can only be considered if Drugs are looks at as a public health issue. Volkow, N. D., et al. (2017). Drug use disorders: impact of a public health rather than a criminal justice approach. World Psychiatry, 16(2), 213-214. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5428163/ Ensure access to scheduled medications for therapeutic use. Some controlled and dependence‐producing psychoactive drugs are necessary medicines for treating serious health conditions. The international drug conventions are designed to ensure legitimate medical access to such medicines, under appropriate supervision, through a distribution chain that deters and combats illicit manufacture, sale, and diversion. Necessary steps should be taken to remove barriers to accessing controlled drugs for legitimate medical needs, such as analgesic drugs in the more than 150 countries where pain is undertreated9.
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