The full extent of counterfeit medicine is almost unimaginable in the international. Counterfeit medicine is a global problem which poses a great threat on public health. This study investigates the proliferation of counterfeit medicine in Cebu City. Further, the study finds what are the laws implemented against counterfeit medicine and how the government of Cebu City intervenes with the proliferation and discuss how these medicines are being handle and what happened to the products confiscated after the seizure. This study is a quantitative research which gathers secondary of data from internet sites and some data from the office of National Bureau of Investigation 7 (NBI 7). The data that are collected are established and presented through …show more content…
8203 also known as “Special Law on Counterfeit Medicine”and .R.A. 8293 also known as “Intellectual Property Right Code”.
R.A. 8203 also known as ”Special Law on Counterfeit Medicine” prohibits the sale or offering of sale, donation, distribution, trafficking, brokering, exportation or importation or possession of counterfeit drugs (Sec 4). The purpose of the law based from Sec. 15, Art. II of the Constitution, to protect and promote the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among them. The state shall also provide for their protection against counterfeit drugs.
In relation to counterfeit drugs describe as drug itself containing label or any part of such drug, bearing the trademark other identification mark or imprint or any likeness without the authorization of the owner, registered in the Bureau of Patent, Trademark and Technology Transfer (BPTTT) in the name of another natural or juridical person (Sec 3 (b) (1)), violation of this section is tantamount to Trademark Infringement provided in R.A. 8293. Such cases of counterfeit drugs having this kind of nature are subject to violation of the Intellectual Property Right of the
In the article “Botched Execution Shows Perils of Lethal Injection Drug Shortage” discusses that the pharmaceuticals being used in today’s death-row executions are not being supplied to prisons. Drug manufactures are no longer supplying the lethal drugs, stating the drugs are being used against the company’s wishes. Furthermore, correctional centers are buying drugs illegally or trading drugs with other states in order to continue the lethal injection to death-row inmates. The author states that correctional facilities have been taken to court and are refusing to disclose information as to what compounds they are using on death-row inmates.
Chapter two introduces the policy problems related to the War on Drugs, as well as other policies that banned or limited other use of alcohol and drugs. Authors start with the history of the regulations of mood altering substances that began in colonial times, and then it escalated with “The Father of Modern Drug Enforcement”, Dr. Hamilton Wright. President Roosevelt assigned him to be the first Opium Drug Commissioner of the United States. Dr. Wright saw drugs as a big problem, according to the text the drug prohibitions started with his opinions on limiting drug use. In 1906 the Pure Food and Drug Act was signed and required the labeling of the ingredients of the products.
Right now in the United States of America, there is a monopoly that exists that involves epinephrine auto-injectors. EpiPen is the United States only supplier of these auto-injectors because other brands have suffered setbacks and failures, patent protection laws, and because there are currently no generic versions of EpiPen in the United States (Johnson). This monopoly was not a problem until Mylan bought Meda AB in 2007 (Paton). “Since Mylan bought the rights to EpiPen in 2007, it has raised the price on 15 separate occasions, bringing the current list price to $608 for a two-pack up from about $50 a pen in 2007” (Mole). This has been a price increase of more than 500%, and this shows that Mylan has been using the monopoly to its advantage.
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The 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act prevented the manufacture, sale, or transportation of misbranded or poisonous foods, drugs, medicines and liquors, and regulated the trafficking of such items. This act was ruled by the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress, and is regulated today by the U.S. Foods and Drugs Administration today. This act was very successful in improving public health, for according to the Social Security bureau of the United States, now manufactured new drugs have to be inspected and certified by appropriate personnel. This allowed for the revision of many drugs and foods, and got rid of many drugs that used strange and unusual ingredients. This included the banning of cocaine cough drops and soothing syrups that contained
Each part explains something different about the drugs and how it has influenced millions of people. The first part is “The Confluence of Psychoactive Resources” and this section helps to explain what was products were part of this new revolution. The second section of the book is called “Drugs and Commerce” and here we get to read about the medicinal value, but also the psychoactive revolution. Then the third part of the book is called “Drugs and Power” and here it explains to us the power of alcohol and drugs.
Illicit drugs are drugs that have been considered illegal, such as, heroin, cocaine, and marijuana, in some locations (Levinthal, 2016). Legislating drugs began around 1900. In essence, the government let society govern the use and opinions of drugs. Most of society looked down upon the nonmedical use of drugs.
Medical identity theft happens when someone uses any or all of your personal information, such as your name, social security number, or even insurance number, without your knowledge to obtain medical treatment, equipment, or services. Medical identity theft can be committed by anyone. There are numerous steps you can take to avoid this problem. Make sure your computer is logged out, or that the screen is locked when you step away from your computer. That way any information that is pulled up will no longer be able to be seen on the screen.
The 2014 National Drug Threat Assessment (NDTA) Summary discourses evolving expansions associated with the trafficking and use of main illicit drugs abuse. The U.S. seizures of illegal substances in shipment exceeded 1,626 metric tons, demonstrating that DTOs have great succeed in shipping thousand tons of cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine, heroin, and MDMA into the United States each year. (DEA 2014) There are exceptional smuggling and shipping methods related with each drug type, but drug seizure statistics and federal, state, and local law enforcement reporting shows that smuggling overland and transportation by vehicle surpass all other methods of smuggling combined. The 2014 National Drug Control Strategy, in which has had very little
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Prescription drug abuse in the United States has officially been declared an epidemic by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Prescription Drug Abuse Statistics, 2013). Due to the increase of prescription drug abuse, prescription narcotics have been considered the new “gateway” drug to heroin addiction. The prescription drug epidemic is being fueled by prescribers and physicians that are not utilizing proper guidelines when prescribing narcotics to patients. A major concern is that doctors are shying away from utilizing therapy and counseling, which could alleviate the use and abuse of prescription medication. With the increase of prescription medication flooding the population, this has lead to society’s concern that doctors are
Today many countries try to regulate the numbers of drugs users as many as they can by using the scary promotions and commercials to attract the attention from people, albeit ineffective. Rather than using the outmoded methods, legitimacy should be announced for all drugs in order that the regulation will process more ease for the government. In this procedure, the government can legislate the limitations for drugs consumption and people will be able to understand drug disadvantages profoundly. Therefore, allowing drugs as ordinary substances will abate the drug consumption. The aforementioned issue, in brief, the drugs is a too danger to leave it as it is so it should be legalized.
Across the world abusing prescription drugs causes more deaths than street drugs do combined (“International Statistics”). Prescription drugs are so easy to get ahold of and so easy to get addicted to. The misuse of prescription drugs have gotten out of hand. These drugs can cause unintentional overdoses easily. The misuse of prescription drugs can lead to addiction, affect the health of users in a dramatic way, and even cause death.
Therefore, despite the positive aspects enhancement of the illegal application of the drug to students, different cases of negative aspects have been reported and as a result it has impacted the health of the people. Different factors enhance the illegal application of the drug and as result, the society 's expectation,
This method also refers to the major component of understanding the qualitative aspects of data that has been assimilated for analysis and can give a better understanding of the facts when analyzed