Legislative control of psychotropic substances in private clinics: a study on the existing laws in Malaysia / Arnie Fadzilah, Umikalsom Ibrahim and Maria Nazura Md. Nasir.

In Malaysia, the abuse of psychotropic substances in private clinics is of concern unless strict controls are imposed because it can create more drug problems and it will show a bad image of the country. Abuse of psychotropic substances occurs when the medical practitioners are found involved in unl...

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Main Authors:	Fadzilah, Arnie, Ibrahim, Umikalsom, Md. Nasir, Maria Nazura
Format:	Student Project
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Law 2009
Subjects:	Administrative law Food. Drugs. Cosmetics
Online Access:	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28431/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28431/1/28431.pdf

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spelling	uitm-284312020-03-04T02:27:44Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28431/ Legislative control of psychotropic substances in private clinics: a study on the existing laws in Malaysia / Arnie Fadzilah, Umikalsom Ibrahim and Maria Nazura Md. Nasir. Fadzilah, Arnie Ibrahim, Umikalsom Md. Nasir, Maria Nazura Administrative law Food. Drugs. Cosmetics In Malaysia, the abuse of psychotropic substances in private clinics is of concern unless strict controls are imposed because it can create more drug problems and it will show a bad image of the country. Abuse of psychotropic substances occurs when the medical practitioners are found involved in unlawful practices such as supply not for medical treatment, failure to maintain records and not having a proper storage. Even though legislations and enforcement programs exist, the problem persists. Enforcement of the laws by the relevant authorities is still inadequate to curb the problems. This research project is set out to examine the existing laws, which relates to the psychotropic substances in order to determine whether it is adequate to control abuse of psychotropic substances in the private clinics. It highlights the reasons of inadequacy of the relevant authorities in controlling the psychotropic substances in private clinics. This research uses the qualitative research methodology. Information is gathered from Law Journals, Law Reports, articles, books and semi-structured interviews. Through the research, it can be found that weaknesses of the enforcement are the main factor contributing to the problem of abuse of psychotropic substances in private clinics in Malaysia. The existing legislation is able to control the substances; however, improvement should be done such as in the definition of terms and the punishment imposed. Thus, there is a need to improve the laws, the enforcement approaches and the practices of medical practitioner in handling the psychotropic substances. Faculty of Law 2009 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28431/1/28431.pdf Fadzilah, Arnie and Ibrahim, Umikalsom and Md. Nasir, Maria Nazura (2009) Legislative control of psychotropic substances in private clinics: a study on the existing laws in Malaysia / Arnie Fadzilah, Umikalsom Ibrahim and Maria Nazura Md. Nasir. [Student Project] (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle	Administrative law Food. Drugs. Cosmetics Fadzilah, Arnie Ibrahim, Umikalsom Md. Nasir, Maria Nazura Legislative control of psychotropic substances in private clinics: a study on the existing laws in Malaysia / Arnie Fadzilah, Umikalsom Ibrahim and Maria Nazura Md. Nasir.
description	In Malaysia, the abuse of psychotropic substances in private clinics is of concern unless strict controls are imposed because it can create more drug problems and it will show a bad image of the country. Abuse of psychotropic substances occurs when the medical practitioners are found involved in unlawful practices such as supply not for medical treatment, failure to maintain records and not having a proper storage. Even though legislations and enforcement programs exist, the problem persists. Enforcement of the laws by the relevant authorities is still inadequate to curb the problems. This research project is set out to examine the existing laws, which relates to the psychotropic substances in order to determine whether it is adequate to control abuse of psychotropic substances in the private clinics. It highlights the reasons of inadequacy of the relevant authorities in controlling the psychotropic substances in private clinics. This research uses the qualitative research methodology. Information is gathered from Law Journals, Law Reports, articles, books and semi-structured interviews. Through the research, it can be found that weaknesses of the enforcement are the main factor contributing to the problem of abuse of psychotropic substances in private clinics in Malaysia. The existing legislation is able to control the substances; however, improvement should be done such as in the definition of terms and the punishment imposed. Thus, there is a need to improve the laws, the enforcement approaches and the practices of medical practitioner in handling the psychotropic substances.
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author	Fadzilah, Arnie Ibrahim, Umikalsom Md. Nasir, Maria Nazura
author_facet	Fadzilah, Arnie Ibrahim, Umikalsom Md. Nasir, Maria Nazura
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title	Legislative control of psychotropic substances in private clinics: a study on the existing laws in Malaysia / Arnie Fadzilah, Umikalsom Ibrahim and Maria Nazura Md. Nasir.
title_short	Legislative control of psychotropic substances in private clinics: a study on the existing laws in Malaysia / Arnie Fadzilah, Umikalsom Ibrahim and Maria Nazura Md. Nasir.
title_full	Legislative control of psychotropic substances in private clinics: a study on the existing laws in Malaysia / Arnie Fadzilah, Umikalsom Ibrahim and Maria Nazura Md. Nasir.
title_fullStr	Legislative control of psychotropic substances in private clinics: a study on the existing laws in Malaysia / Arnie Fadzilah, Umikalsom Ibrahim and Maria Nazura Md. Nasir.
title_full_unstemmed	Legislative control of psychotropic substances in private clinics: a study on the existing laws in Malaysia / Arnie Fadzilah, Umikalsom Ibrahim and Maria Nazura Md. Nasir.
title_sort	legislative control of psychotropic substances in private clinics: a study on the existing laws in malaysia / arnie fadzilah, umikalsom ibrahim and maria nazura md. nasir.
publisher	Faculty of Law
publishDate	2009
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Legislative control of psychotropic substances in private clinics: a study on the existing laws in Malaysia / Arnie Fadzilah, Umikalsom Ibrahim and Maria Nazura Md. Nasir.

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