Laws of poisoning

 

• Poison is a substance, which may be liquid, solid or gas, which when administerd in small quantity into living body or brought into contact with any part of it, leads to injury to health or destruction of life by its action.
• Paracelsus is called father of toxicology. Mathieu orfila is thought of as father of modern toxicology.

The  laws  related  to  poisoning  are  :

(A) The drugs  and  cosmetic  act  1940:

• The main aim  is  to  control  quality,  purity  and strength  of drugs. 
• The act  has  been further  amended  by  drugs (Amendment) act  1964to  include  ayurvedic  and  unani  drugs.
• The  label  or container of medicine  should  display  the  formula  or a list  of ingredients  contained  in  the  drug.

(B) The drug  and  cosmetic  rules  1945  :

• It was formed  to  regulated  drugs,  the  functions  and procedures  of central drug  laboratory,  appointment  of licensing  authorities  and  manufacture, distribution  and  sale  of drugs.
• These  rules  have classified  drugs  into  schedules  as follows:

Schedule	Drugs
Schedule C	Biological and special products
Schedule E	Poisons
Schedule F	Vaccine and sera
Schedule G	Hormone preparations, Anti histamines, Anti-cancer
Schedule H	Drugs and poisons to be sold only by prescription of a Registered medical practitioner
Schedule J	List of diseases for the cure and prevention of which, no drug should be advertised (cataract, epilepsy, hydrocele, blindness etc)
Schedule I	Antibiotics and other recent chemotherapeutic agents

(C) Narcotic drugs  and psychotropic  substances  (NDPS)

• It  was amended  in  1989  and 2001. It  repeals  three  acts (i)  The  opium  act  1857,  (ii)  The opium  act  1878, (iii) The dangerous drug  act  1930.
• An amendment  has  diluted  and  made the  punishment  less  severarr2)  for  drug  offenders.
• It  provides  identification,  treatment  and rehabilitation  of  drug addicts
• Important  drugs/substances under  Narcotic  Drugs  and Psychotropic  Substances  (NDPS)  Act +  1985, Natcotics: Coca  leaf  (Cocaine), cannabis,  opium,  (including heroin), poppy  straw.

ii) Psychotropic  substances;  LSD, amphetamines, tranquilisers,  barbilurates,  benzodiazepines, methaqualone, psilocybine,  phencyclidine,  mescaline  etc.

Prevention  of  illicit  trffic  in  narcotic  drugs  and  psychotropic  substances  act  1988

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