Drug Abuse in the Global Village

Drug Abuse in Eastern Europe

         MEASURES TAKEN WITH RESPECT TO DRUG CONTROL

BELARUS
No information reported.

BULGARIA
No information reported.

CROATIA
No information reported.

CZECHOSLOVAKIA
No information reported.

HUNGARY
Recently enacted laws and regulations:
None reported.

Licensing system for manufacture, trade and distribution:
There is a government-controlled licensing system for both narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. Codeine, concentrate of poppy straw, dihydrocodeine, ethylmorphine, morphine, pholcodine and thebaine (all narcotic drugs) and gluthemide and phenobarbital (psychotropic substances) were reported being manufactured in 1991.

Control system:
(i) Prescription requirement: There is a prescription requirement for supply or dispensation of preparations containing narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.
(ii) Warnings on packages: The law requires warnings on packages or accompanying leaflet information to safeguard the users of preparations containing narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.
(iii) Control of non-treaty substances, if any: None reported.
(iv) Other administrative measures: None reported.

LATVIA
No information reported.

POLAND
Recently enacted laws and regulations:
None reported.

Licensing system for manufacture, trade and distribution:
There is a government-controlled licensing system for narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. Codeine, dihydrocodeine, ethylmorphine, fentanyl and morphine (narcotic drugs) as well as chlordiazepoxide, clonazepam, cyclobarbital, diazepam, estazolam, oxazepam and temazepam (psychotropic substances) were manufactured in 1991.

Control system:
(i) Prescription requirement: There is a prescription requirement for supply or dispensation of preparations containing narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. However, there is one exception in the case of psychotropic substances: a product composed of barbital aminophenazone can be dispensed in small amounts (5 tablets maximum) as analgesic by a pharmacist.

(ii) Warnings on packages: The law requires warnings on packages or accompanying leaflet information to safeguard the users of preparations containing narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.
(iii) Control of non-treaty substances, if any: None reported.
(iv) Other administrative measures: None reported.

ROMANIA
No information reported.

RUSSIA
No information reported.

SLOVENIA
No information reported.

UKRAINE
No information reported.