What makes a drug narcotic

The annual cultivation plan for mother plants of narcotics shall be examined and approved jointly by the Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fishery. The annual production plan of narcotic drugs shall be examined and approved jointly by the Ministry of Public Health and the State Administration for Medicine.

The cultivation units and the production units shall not change the plans without authorization. The cultivation unit and the production unit must assign a person or persons with the special responsibility for the storage of the finished products, semi-finished products, poppy capsules and poppy seeds.

Sale or use of these things without authorization shall be strictly prohibited. Article 7. Narcotic drugs must be brought under strict quality control. The quality of the products must meet the standards set for medicines by the State. Article 8. Before the development of any new kind of narcotic drugs, the research unit must first of all draw up a plan and submit it to the Ministry of Public Health for examination and approval.

After the new drug is developed, the research and trial production units must go through the formalities for the approval of such new drugs. The storage and use of the trial products must follow strict procedures so as to prevent their loss. Article 9.

Narcotic drugs shall be provided in a planned way according to the demand of medical treatment units, medical colleges and scientific research institutions. A national supply plan of narcotic drugs shall be drawn by a department appointed by the State Administration for Medicine and submitted to the Ministry of Public Health and the State Administration for Medicine for examination and approval before it is issued for implementation.

Article The plan for the setting up of a trading unit of narcotic drugs shall be put forward jointly by the administrative department of health and medicine administrative department in each province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government and shall be examined and approved by the Ministry of Public Health and the State Administration for Medicine.

The trading units shall provide narcotic drugs only to those consumer units approved by the administrative department of health and within the prescribed quota. No supply for any other unit or person is permitted. Poppy capsules used for medical purposes shall be supplied by the trading units appointed by the State Administration for Medicine and medicine department in each province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government.

No other unit shall be allowed to engage in such business. Poppy capsules must be allotted to the consumer units in accordance with the plan examined and approved jointly by the Ministry of Public Health and the State Administration for Medicine. Poppy capsules shall be supplied to the medical treatment units for clinical use and to the trading units designated by the administrative departments of health at or above the county level for clinical application endorsed with an office seal of their respective medical treatment units.

No retail sale of poppy capsules is allowed. The pharmaceutical factories that need poppy capsules in the production of ready made Chinese medicine must submit plans to the medicine administrative department in their province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government for examination and then to the administrative department of health for approval before production. A trading unit of narcotic drugs must have a special storehouse or counter s with good storage conditions and assign a person or persons with special responsibility for the storage, transportation and supply of narcotic drugs.

A permit for domestic consignment issued by the Ministry of Public Health is needed when going through shipment formalities for transporting medicinal opium. Shipment of medicinal opium from the cultivation unit to the storehouse of the State Administration for Medicine shall be escorted by the people sent by the consignor unit.

Shipment of medicinal opium from the storehouse to the production enterprises shall be escorted by the people sent by consignee unit. The number of escorts shall be decided in accordance with the regulations of the transportation department. Permit for domestic transportation of such drugs shall be printed solely by the Ministry of Public Health.

When consigning narcotic drugs or poppy capsules not including medicinal opium , the production unit or the supply unit must put down clearly the words of Narcotic Drug in the blank for the name of goods on the shipping document and a seal for consignment of Narcotic Drug must be stamped in the space left for the consignor. The freighter unit must tighten control over the shipment of narcotic drugs and poppy capsules by dispatching the consignment promptly and shortening its storage time at the station, on the dock or at the airport.

They must not be transported in open wagons on railways and, if by ship, no loading on hold surface is allowed and, if by truck, they must be securely fastened up and safely protected. In the event that any of the narcotic drugs or poppy capsules are found missing in the course of transportation, the freighter-unit must report the case promptly to the local public security organ and the administrative department of health for investigation.

The import and export of narcotic drugs shall be handled by the units appointed by the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade in accordance with State regulations concerning foreign trade. No other units shall be allowed to engage in the business. The annual plan for import and export of narcotic drugs shall be subject to examination and approval by the Ministry of Public Health. The import of narcotic drugs needed in medical treatment units, medical colleges of or medical science research institutions must be verified and approved by the Ministry of Public Health.

Only after an Import License for Narcotic Drugs is granted can these units apply to go through import formalities. The export of narcotic drugs must be verified and approved by the Ministry of Public Health. An application and an import license which is a prerequisite to going through import formalities for narcotic drugs issued by the competent government department of the importing country must be presented before the Ministry of Public Health issues an Export License for Narcotic Drugs.

Import and export licenses for narcotic drugs shall be printed exclusively by the Ministry of Public Health. Narcotic drugs shall only be used for medical treatment, in teaching at medical colleges and in medical science research.

Any medical treatment unit with medical wards and with surgical or other necessary medical treatment facilities may file an application to the local administrative department of health. Upon approval by the administrative department of health at a higher level, and after the level of supply is verified, a Purchase Card for Narcotic Drugs shall be issued.

The aforesaid unit may purchase the needed narcotic drugs from the designated trading units according to the fixed quota. When the medical colleges or scientific research institutions are in need of narcotic drugs, they shall file an application to the administrative department of health at a higher level and, upon approval, may purchase these drugs from the trading units of narcotic drugs.

The Ministry of Public Health is the authority to make out the grading standard of rations. Narcotic consuming unit must fill out an application form for when purchasing, narcotic drugs and the supplying unit must check the various seals and the number of seals stamped on the form before supplying them with the kind of drugs on quarterly ration as stipulated in the regulations set by the Ministry of Public Health.

The unit in need of narcotic drugs can either purchase them directly from the trading units or by mail order. In the latter case, however, the shipping documents and certificates must be sent out by registered mail.

When sending the narcotic drugs by post, the sender-trading unit is required to stamp a Seal for Narcotic Drugs on the parcel form and to present to the post office the invoice with a Seal for Narcotic Drugs stamped on.

Preparations that fall under the category of narcotic drugs must be purchased from the trading units of narcotic drugs. In case that they are not available or special preparations are needed by the medical treatment units, the authorized consuming medical units may prepare them by themselves with approval by the administrative department of health at or above the county level. No other unit shall be allowed to prepare any form of anaesthetic.

The medical worker who prescribes any anaesthetics for the patient must be a qualified physician or a surgeon, who is tested to have been able to use such drugs properly. The surgeon at the induced abortion ward who is tested to have been able to use such drugs properly may have the right to prescribe anaesthetics for the person to be operated on.

Dosage for injection in each prescription must not exceed two days of daily dose, as for the tablet, tincture, syrup, the dosage must not exceed three days of daily dose. Administration of narcotic must not exceed a period of seven days running. Prescription of narcotic drugs must be fully and clearly stated with signature of the physician or surgeon on.

When preparing a narcotic drug, the pharmacist and the checker are required to sign their names and keep the prescription of the narcotic drug on file. In the case of a patient in serious conditions who is diagnosed by a hospital at or above county level to be in need of narcotic drugs as a pain killer, the hospital appointed by the administrative department of health at or above the county level may issue the patient with a Special Purchasing Card for Narcotic on the basis of the Prescription and by checking his permanent residence booklet, and the patient may take this to the appointed medical treatment unit to have the drug prepared.

If the patient holding a Special Purchasing Card for Narcotic is in need of a larger dose and the seasonal ration of the medical treatment unit fails to meet the demand, additional amount of narcotic shall be made available only with the approval by the administrative department of health at a higher level. Medical treatment units are required to tighten control over narcotic drugs.

Any illegal use, storage, transfer or borrowing of narcotic drugs is prohibited. Narcotic drugs must be put under the charge of a person specially appointed for the purpose and kept in a separate place under lock. The distribution and prescriptions of narcotic drugs must be kept in record separately from those of other medicine. The prescriptions must be kept on file for a period of three years.

The medical treatment unit shall have the right to refuse dispensing of drugs to those who abuse them in violation of relevant rules and regulations and shall report the case to the local administrative department of health promptly. Feelings and Cancer. Adjusting to Cancer. Day-to-Day Life. Support for Caregivers. Questions to Ask About Cancer. Choices for Care. Talking about Your Advanced Cancer. Planning for Advanced Cancer.

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