LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
C.704. I\I *296.1930. XI. 0.C125.(d).20;
Geneva,
December 19th, 1930.
TRAFFIC IN OPIUM ANT) OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS.
Report by the Government of BOLIVIA for the year 1930
on the Traffic in Opium and other Dangerous Drugs.
Note by the Secretary-General .
The Secretary-General has the honour to circulate the attached report for the information of the States Members and non-Members of the League, and the Advisory Committee on Traffic in Opium and other
Da ngerous Drugs. - 1 - msiat ion.
A. GENERAL,
1. Supreme Decree of December 6th, 1929 determining the functions of the General Directorate of Public Health and of
the Customs Administration in regard to the importation, registra
tion and sale of and permits for the products referred to in
the Supreme Decrees of May 19th, 1928 and September 21st, 1929.
Supreme Ordinance concerning the protection of national pharmaceutical products.
2. Regulation of imports and exports.. (a) Exports. No drugs are exported, as none are
manufactured in Bolivia.
(b) Imports. Applications for permits tc import drugs must be made to the General Directorate of Public Health
on stamped paper of 1 Bolivian peso, the name and quantity of
the product, place of import and name of the importer being
given. If the importation of the drugs is authorise^ the
National Bax Collecting Agency is informed and the latter instruct
the Customs Offices to allow the products in question to be
imported. The National Custc :t offices authorised to
clear drues se to allow any drugs to be cleared without a
.it from the GeneralL Direct orate of P"blic Eea:
Products not covered by an impo rt aer:mi ■
a ted by the General Direct orate of Customs an--
flrv r a Directorate of Health.
Permits to import the foilowing dr ugs mi
dvan ce :
(a) Raw or medic:Lnal cpium in all forms ;
(t>) Alkaloids ds: V0 ci. fiTcm opium;
(c ) 1. o r h in e 311 b tstitutes ? (d) Raw cocair:, ita ore "oa.rations and so 1ts - 2 -
(e) Eogonin; (f ) Galenical preparations (extracts and tinctures) of Indian hemp;
(g) All medicinal and non-medidial preparations of classified alkaloids.
Any person dealing in drugs must be a qualified chemist duly authorised by the Ministry of Education; permits to import the narcotics required will be granted by the General Directorate of Public Health on presentation of the balance of the importer’s stock of drugs in hand at the time, to enable the total stocks to be accurately checked.
MANTJFACTITRE OF DRUGS.
Nil.
Sale of Drugs.
Wholesalers may only sell drugs to pharmacists, or managers of pharmacies duly authorised by the General Directorate of Public Health by a special permit in each case; to scientific establishments against a request in writing from the director of the establishment, and subject to the previous authorisation of the General Directorate of Public Health, or to druggists re gistered with the Ministry of Education as importers or dealers.
Pharmacists may not sell to the public any drugs classified under the heading ’’Imports” or pharmacuetical preparations made from those products without a prescription from a qualified medical practitioner, stating in legible characters the full name and address of the doctor and of the patient. These prescriptions must be entered in full in a special book to be kept by pharmacies.
Importers or dealers in drugs must send a quarterly
-eport to the General Directorate of Public Health, giving full particulars of the class and quantities of alkaloids sold, and mentioning the pharmacies or establishments to which these products were sold. Pharmacists must also send a quarterly statement of their sales, mentioning the class and quantity of drugs sold and the number of prescriptions made up.
DISTRIBUTION AKD USE OF DRUGS.
PENALTIES: Any person dealing In drugs or importing, exporting, keeping in stock, preparing, buying, selling or supplying these products in any other manner, even free of charge, without a previous authorisation, will be sentenced to a term of rigorous imprisonment (prision correccional) varying from six months to one year, and to a fine of not less than Bs.3,000 or more than
Es.5,000. A similar penalty will be imposed on chemists supplying drugs to the public without a medical prescription, or in a larger quantity than that specified in the prescription, and on persons who endeavour to obtain drugs by means of false or cancelled prescriptions or prescriptions which have already been made up. Druggists, pharmacists, hospitals and in general any persons authorised to import, stock, export and sell drugs who fails to keep a register will be required to pay a minimum fine of 3s.1 ,000. Pharmacists repeating a prescription without the doctor's authorisation will be fined Bs.500. If the offender is a foreigner, the Law relating to Residence will be applied in addition to these penalties.
La Paz, August 20th, 1930. - 4 - C. 704.1-:. 296.1930,
CONSUMPTION O?1 DRUGS Du: "'T-a3T '»UAHJ3R O""1 1930
’ ‘ S t o c k s irur cnases “ Balance' Substanoe u 3 n i ;;n jj? dur! ■’ ,y nsumption on lia r eh 31s t
ICocaine ampoules 4,o o 6 » 1j 30 9 . — 148.— 5.847.— 9. 679.— lorphinû ampoules .700.— 1,292.— 313.— 6 10 .884.— îantopon omooulss , G 9 Q __ 591.— 63 6. — 10 3.191.— kedol ampoules 3, 4-54.— 62,— 225 • —• 1,164.19 620.60 3.916.46 ■'ooaire Hydro chloride 3, 372.87 2.688.32 Prphine Hydrochloride .2 ,803.11 516.93 631.22 5o-. -- 45.04 1.337.20 ri o nii 1,327.24 1.743.08 ieroin Hydrochloride. 1,492.57 160.51 10.— 341.— 241.— 3.401. — :antopon tablets. No. 3,301.-- 1.508.70 orphine sulphate — 950 8.70 4. 90 :?Mtopon substance 4. 90 558.78 4-. 112. 90 mm extract, o ow d e r 9 d .4 f C Y1 , 60 9.194.24 ï Smyrna opium. 10 ,918.99 450.— , 174.75 50 2.40 3.739.61 laid extract 31 'o: 2, 242,01 4.425,47 1 . 346.83 £ H 1 luü extr : c : 0 — 0 pi. um «.' i 772 30 0 529 t__ fT tio, 529 1,273*.— j IT 235 ___ 'arphi-ne tabla U 1 ,273 Joeaine tbla ts , 285 1,709.91 1 ,709 260. — .ndian Hemo azt: 260
r:7 ic 50.
Pur oh a: Balance lie-r ch during /C-' . ;'.ior 0 n 7,1 o 4- ouart -June 301 h 150.— 5,677.— vouai n e amp 0 u les e . 847. -- ? 7 9 Q - - f .D r p hi n 3 s mp ou 1 ; s q 679. -- 50 » C , t ~ . 7 ,010 . — - > 9, 917.— °antopon ampoules 10. ° - 4 -- 150.— 1,117.— Sedol ampoules 3. 191. -- 414. — 1,121.— 2,484.-- ■Cocaine Hydrochloride 3.916. 4: Ô • 150. — 413.65 3,652.81. 2,436.63 orphins Hydro chloride 2.688.82 11.— 263.19 ionin Hydrochloride 337. 20 499.62 837.58 F'eroin Hydrochloride 1 , 233.88 1,5.o 5•20 1 , 743. 08 24. — orph i r s sulpha ; e . 70 172.— 1,336.70 1 ,50 8. 4. 90 ° topo n substance. A 90 319.78 3,793.12 ;9ium extra e t , oo'vdered "! . 90 * * >1 2 8.767.96 ■.av7 Smyrna opium. 194. 24 42c.26 u'-1 ". extract— j i. p opium. 291.43 3.^48.18 0 0 •3!739. 61 3,819.91 4, 425. 47 60 5. 5 b 0 r—1 1,668.31 1 1 51. 60 cocaine, ]_ 70 9. 91 260 . — ‘■no.ian hemp extra 260 .— 143.— No. 5,058.-- pantopon tablets, No 401. -Ho1,800.- ;o. ÎT •3, 40.— 489.— fîeroin tablets. d 529. IT 297.— ;0eair3 trbl-.ts. fT 285. ------TT 12. - 1,264.— Itorphine tablets. ÎT 1,273. - - 5 -
L I C E F C 5 S GRSÎJTED 70 i THE IMPORTATION 0^ DRUGS I1ÏT0
TES REPUBLIC 07 BOLIVIA.
September 1929.
1. 200 bottles Pantopon tablets from Messrs 7. Hoffmann, Ls Roche,
Paris, France.
2. 250 grammes dionin; 500 grammes pure codein from Messrs E.Merck,
'arnstadt, Germany.
3. 20 grammes morphine from the Droguerie Oaldo (Botica de Los Incas),
La Paz, Bolivia.
25 grammes (gross weight) Knoll's Papaverin, 12 tubes; 48 grammes
(gross weight) Knoll's Papeverir, 12 boxes, ampoules, from the
Droguerie Galdo, La Paz, Bolivia.
5. 1,000 grammes morphine hydrochloride according to the pharmacopoeia,
from the Laboratoires Socie'te' des Usines Chimiques du Rhone,
Pantrue, Psris. Octob er. 6. 100 grammes cocaine hydrochloride in bottles of 10 grammes each; 200 grammes codein phosphate in bottles of 10 grammes e?cji;
5/§00 grammes Sydenham's lcudunam in bottles of 1 kg; 100
grammes noVtcain in bottles of 5 grammes each; 250 grammes raw
opium in powder; 5,000 grammes Dover's powders in packets of
200 grammes each; 1,000 grammes fluid alcoholic extract of
Indian hemp; 500 ampoules morphine hydrochloride, 0.01 o. per
ampoule; 500 ampoules morphine hydrochloride and atropin; 1,000
grammes *f concentrated liqour for tincture of
opium ; 1,000 grammes fluid alcoholic extract of poppies ; 1,000 gr cm as fluid alcoholic;
extract of opium, from British Drug Houses, London. 100 boxes
Pantopo^ Roche (tablets) ; 50 boxes "Pantopon .loche, (ampoules) ;
1,000 ampoules morphine sulphate 0.01 ; nd atropin milligramme ;
100 arpoules morphine sulphate 0.01 and spartein 0.05 ; ICO
ampoules morphine sulphate 0.01 and antipyrin 0.50; 100 ampoules
Sedol, from ICsssrs. Salazar and îTuy, Paris.
12 boxes of six ampoules (0.01) dionin ; 500 granules 0.01
codein from Messrs Comar, Paris.
8. 12 boxes Pantopon Soche (ampoules); o boxes caffeine ampoules
of 0.50; 2 boxes Hausen's Danish Rennet containing two dozen tubes,
from the Droguerie G-aldo, La Paz, Bolivia.
260 grammes morphine hydrochloride; 200 grammes cocaine
hyarochloride ; 100 grammes heroin hydrochloride ; 200 grammes dried
opium extract ; 2,000 )0wdered opium containing 10% morphine
from Me s srs. C-e th, Dr 3 sde n, 0-e rm? ny.
rovembor.
10. 100 boxes of six ampoules, Pantopon Roche ; 100 boxes of
12 ampoules Pantopon Roche; 100 boxes of 20 taolets each 0,01
TP ^antopon Roche, from Kessrs./Hoffmann la Roche, Paris.
U. Two packets Pantopon, ampoules and tablets, from Messrs ?.
Poffmann La Roche, Paris. l ? 25 boxes of 6 ampoules e^ch Pantopon ; 25 boxes of li am-
poules each Pantopon; 12 bottles Pantopon tablets ; one bottle
of 5 ?ra."Dc s ^sntooon, from Messrs 71• Hof 1 ma nr. La -voche , Paris. One box Sedol empoules from the Drogueria Gteldo, La
-az.
Q mi ‘ îodein; 150 grerames granular extract
of ODium.
December.
250 grammes cooaine hydrochloride ; 2 ,COD r■: ;s Sydenham's
1audanum; 100 grammss harDin hydrochloride, 1 x 50 aupoules ; 100 grammes cocaine and adrenalin, 1 x 50 ampoules; 100 grammes morphine 0.03 grammes, 1 x 50 ampoules; 100 grammes morphine 0.01
. i1-: '.mes, from Messrs Les cher & Webb, Ltd., 56 Hanover Street,
Li v 3 ro o o 1 •
20 grammes codein phosphate; 15 grammes dionin from the
Droguer la id o . La Paz.
100 ampoules morphine and atropin 1 cc. each ; 36 boxes morphine 10 ampoules each from Comar et Die, Paris.
100 bottles ^antojjon tablets; 50 boxes oi' 12 ampoules
Pantopon ; 17 boxes, 12 ampoules Sedol ; 10 ore 10 : a,-.poules morphine
sulphate and a tropin j- milligramme ; 100 ampoules ( one box ) mor phine sulphate 0,01, a tropin 0.50; one box of 100 ampoules mo r-
"e sulphate 0.01, spartein 0.05 fror veru et •• ournier Pi is
Ci ;. Peris. - 8 -
January 1950.
19. 100 grammes morphine hydrochloride; 300 grammes
pure code in; 300 grammes cocaine hydrochloride ; 1,000 grammes fluid extract of Indian hemp ; 200 grammes dried
opium extract ; 250 grammes novocaine; 12 boxes Pantopon
ampoules ; 12 boxes of 12 ampoules Sedol, from Carlo Erba, Milan.
20. Syrup of cocillana; tincture of euphorbia piluli-
fera 0.25 grammes; syrup of lactuca virosa 0.25; tincture
of cocillana 0.08; compound syrup of squills 0.05; cas- carine (Parke Davis) 1.75; hydrochloride of diacetylmorphine 0.025; me^thoi 0.0175; from Parke Davis & Co., Hew York.
21. Anti-dysentery pills; ipecacuanha powder 0.070; vaporised calomel 0.035; opium extract 0.009; syrup of
sloes, quant, suff. from Parke Davis & Co., Hew York.
February 1950.
22. 100 boxes of 10 ampoules of 1.1 cc. morphine hydro chloride 0 .0 1 ; 100 boxes of 10 ampoules of 1.1 cc. morphine
hydrochloride 0 .02; 100 boxes of 10 ampoules of 1.1 cc. morphine hydrochloride 0.05; 25 boxes of 10 ampoules 1.1 cc.
heroin hydrochloride 0.02, from Thils & Co., Of Mainz.
23. 100 liexes of 12 ampoules 0.01 morphine ; 100 boxes of 12 ampoules 0.02 morphine ; 100 boxes of 12 ampoules 0.05
morphine ; 25 boxes of 12 ampoules cocaine hydrochloride.
24. 10 grammes cocaine nitrate ; 5 grammes pure crytal-
lised cocaine ; 5 grammes pure novocain; 5 grammes codein
di-iodide ; 1,000 grammes morphine hydrochloride in cubes - C; -
according to the Pharmacopoeia, from the Société des Usines chimiques du Shone, laris.
25. 25 tubes p >.p iv e i i:i ; 2o ampoules papaverin, from Knoll A.G., Germany.
Merah.
2ô. 3 kg. fluid extract of Peruvian cooa; 5 kg. raw
opium; 6 dozen tubes of 20 tablets hydrobroniate of hyo-
scyamine; 6/10 mgr. Gulpho morphine 0.01, atropin sulphate
3/10 mgr., for hypodermic injections.
27. 50 dozen ampoules morphine hydrochloride 0.01,
at r op in -J- mgr. ; 25 dozen ampoules scopolamine 0.001 and morphine 0.0 2 mgr., from E. Salle,
April.
£8 . 210 boxes Dr. >.ndreuTs pectoral pastilles, each
pastille containing 0.001 morphine acetate, from Dr. Andreu
e Ki^os, Barcelona.
85. 25 boxes of ô ampoules adrenalin and cocaine;
25 boxes of 6 ampoules atropin and morphine ; 25 boxes of
6 ampoules cocaine hydrochloride 0.01 grammes, from the
laboratoires Robert & Carribre, Paris.
50. 20 boxes of 50 ampoules each, 2 cc. solution
Adrevoin "Delva" containing 0.02 grammes novocain per cc.
of physiological solution, for injecting into the gums
(extraction of molars).
SI- 200 grammes laudanum from the Drogueria Galdo,
La Paz. 110 ooxes each 10 ampoules solution for anaesthe tising the gums (ampoules of 1.5 oo. ).
June.
200 grammes pure oodein; 500 grammes cocaine hydro chloride, from the Société Rhone-Poulenc, Paris.
1 kg. powdered extract of opium, tins of 100 grammes 100 boxes Pantopon Roche each containing 12 ampoules 1 cc.
200 bottles Pantopon Roche each containing 20 tablets 0.01 grammes from F. Hoffman La Roche & Cie., Paris.
J uly.
144 bottles 4 oz. pectoral syrup of cocillana (com position per 100 cc.: tincture of euphorbia 25 cc. syrup of lactuca virosa 25 cc., tincture of cocillana 8 cc., syrup of squills 5 cc., cascarine 1,75 grammes hydrochlor ide of ethylmorphine 0.050 grammes); SegondTs anti-dysentery pills 2,000 tins of 1,000 pills. Composition: ipecaouahha powder 0.0 70 gramme, vaporised calomel 0.035 gramme, opium extract 0.009 gramme, sloes quant. suff., from Parke Lavis
& Co., Hew York.
5 kg. fluid alcoholic extract of opium in bottles of 200 grammes, 5 kg. fluid alcoholic extract of opium in bottles of 100 grammes; 5 kg. fluid extract of Indian hemp
200 grammes; 2 kg. fluid alcoholic extract of Indian hemp
100 grammes ; 5 kg. fluid alcoholic extract of coca in bottles of 200 grammes; 5 kg. fluid alcoholic extract of coca in bottles of 100 grammes ; 5 kg. fluid alcoholic extract of cocillana in bottles of 200 grammes; 5 kg. fluid alcoholic extract of cocillana in oottles of 100 - 11 -
grammes; 50 tubes ophthalmia disks cocaine; 500 grammes
pure code in in "bottles of 20 grammes; one-half to be despatched immediately and the other heif six months later by the British Drug Houses Ltd., London.
57. 50 grammes crystallised cocaine; 50 grammes
morphine in cubes ; 500 grammes raw opium cake 12-'; and
6 boxes ampoules Iant open la Eosha from h. 5 alie, Paris.
38. 50 bornas of 10 r ma aulcs 1 cc. morphine hydrochlor ide 0.01 and atropin 0 .C01 from 1nils and Co., Kainz.
55. 1 kg. cocaine hydrochloride from 1. Merck, Darmstadt
Germany.
40. 12 boxes of 12 hypodermic ampoules O.uGl atropin;
24 boxes of 6 hypodermic ampoules atropin and morphine 0.01; 24 boxes VialT s codein pastilles; 1 kg. gum and codein
pastilles; 120 grammes cocaine hydrochloride ; 120 grammes granules of atropin sulphate + mgr.; 120 grammes powdered
opium; 1 kg. opium extract 20J morphine ; ISO grammes
codein ph-5spLate; 12 bom:s of 6 h.; podjrmic ampoules atropin m orpLi r. : C . 01, f r o. : C c ma r of Paris. - 12 -
DECREE REGULATING T E TRADE Irl a ED S^LE OE
EAEC ÛT ICS.
H5EEAEDÜ SI LES.
Constitutional Présidant of the Republic.
wEEEEkS:
It is necessary to determine the functions of the
General Directorate of Public Health and of the Customs Adminis tration in regard to the registration and sale of and permits to import the pharmaceutical specialities or patent medicines referred to in the Supreme Decrees of 11ay 15th, 1928, April 25th and September 21st of this year:
HEREBY DECREES: Article 1. The General Directorate of Public Health attached to the Ministry of the Interior shall be responsible for the registration of narcotics arid proprietary remedies or patent medicines and for the issue of import permits in respect thereof, entrusted to the General Directorate of Customs by the
Decree and Regulations of May 19th, 15 28 and the Supreme Decree of April 25th last.
article 2. The General Directorate of Public Health shall notify the management of the national Tax Collecting Agency in writing, for purposes of Customs clearance, of the registra tion of or permission to import any narcotics, pharmaceutical specialities or patent medicines.
Article 5. The Eational Tax Collecting Agency shall s - -id to the General Directorate of Public Health xull pax'ticu— larg of all pharmaceutical specialities or patent medicines - 13 - registered, by the General Directorate of Customs or the
IT?.tional Tax Collecting Agency, for insertion in the general register.
Article 4. applications for permits to import narcotics and drugs containing the alkaloids specified in the Decree and Regulations of Hay 15th, 1528 must be made to the General Directorate of Public Health.
The Bolivian Customs and post offices authorised to inspect goods and assess their value shall not allow narcotics and drugs containing the alkaloids specified in the Decree and Regulations of May 15th, 1528 to be cleared unless the documents are accompanied by the respective import permits ; neither shall they allow the clearance of pharmaceuti cal specialities or patent medicines which have not been registered by the General Directorate of Public Health.
ü-rticle ô. narcotics and medicaments containing the alkaloids mentioned in the Decree and Regulations of
May 19th, 1528 which are imported without the relevant permit shall be seized and the offenders dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the Customs laws.
Article 7. a 11 the other provisions laid down in the Regulations of May 15th, 1528 and the Supreme Decrees of April 25th and September 21st of this year, shall remain in force and the General Directorate of Public Health shall be responsible for their application.
IA PAZ, December 23rd, 1525. - 14 -
SUPREME ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE PROTECTION
OF NATIONAL PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS.
Ministry of Education - - La Paz, May 17th, 1930.
In view of the necessity of protecting howe industries and whereas certain pharmaceutical products, drugs and narcotics of similar quality to those imported from abroad are now produced in Bolivia
IT IS HEREBY DECREED THAT: The Customs duties on the following products intended for injection shall be increased by fifty per cent (50$): strychnine sulphate with spartein, strychnine sulphate, spartein (sulphate), sodium (citrate), quinine hydrochloride 2f0, adrenalin, gomenolated oil, strychnine nucleinate (neonofnol), anhenal, hydrochloride of apomorphine, atropin, sodium nucleinate, camphorated oil, imidosuccinic mercury, novocain hydrochloride, hydrochloride of diaminomethyl acridine (hypo- flavine), cyanide of mercury, Bonjean1s ergotine, morphine, opium for injection purposes, caffeine, hydrated oxide of bismuth, bismuthous iodide of quinine, citro-oismuth, apomor phine, sodium nucleinate 50$ (protein-therapy).
To be registered, etc.
(Signed) SUES (Signed) J . AGUIRRE ACHA.