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New rule to control sales of listed drugs
The Pharmacy and Poisons Board today (Saturday) announced that with effect from January 1, 1996, all dispensaries selling any poisons included in Part I of the Poisons List of the Pharmacy and Poisons Regulations are required by law to record in the poisons book the identity card number of the purchaser.
A spokesman for the Board said this was an addition to the present requirements which required the sellers to record the purchaser's full name and address. He urged the public to comply with the statutory requirements.
"Failure to comply with such requirements may render the seller liable to criminal prosecution." he stressed.
He pointed out that the new legislative control will serve as an additional deterrent against the improper sale and misuse of drugs.
End/Saturday, October 28, 1995
Against Substance Abuse Scheme launched
The Social Welfare Department (SWD) has launched a pilot scheme this (October) month to offer counselling and assistance to young substance abusers.
The Against Substance Abuse Scheme, operated by a team of six specially trained social workers, is set up in accordance with a pledge announced by the Governor in the Summit Meeting on Drugs in March this year.
"The scheme is a community-based programme to steer young people who are occasional or experimental drug abusers from further substance abuse," a spokesman for the department said today (Saturday).
"Substance abuse is often an indication that the youth is experiencing some growth difficulty," the spokesman said.
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