LEAGUE of NATIONS. C.704. I\I *296.1930. XI. 0.C125.(D).20; Geneva, December 19Th, 1930. TRAFFIC in OPIUM ANT) OTHER DANGEROUS D
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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 . 346.83H £ 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.