SUPERVISION OVER THE APPLICATION AND TRADE OF INTOXICATING AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES AS AN ELEMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL DIMENSION OF CHEMICAL SECURITY POLICY IN POLAND

Abstract

The article deals with the issue of supervision over the application and trade of intoxicating and psychotropic substances in the context of creating and implementing chemical security policy in Poland. Its main objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of pharmaceutical supervision in the context of the institutional solutions implemented in Poland. There are significant gaps in the system of supervision over the application of intoxicating and psychotropic substances used in veterinary medicine. This leads to conclusions about the unsatisfactory effectiveness of supervision. In the opinion of the authors it results from the dispersion of competencies with the simultaneous lack of a binder in the form of a systemic approach to chemical security. As an important direction of corrective actions, authors indicate increase legal awareness, and awareness in the field of chemical and security. The combination of these two elements provides an opportunity to bring about the establishment of an internal law of appropriate inspections to eliminate areas without supervision.