Essay On Drug Control In Texas

A prescription can be identified as legally authorised written instruction by a prescribing officer to a pharmacist to dispense medication.

Drug abuse is one of the most discouraged behaviors in our country. In the United States of America, we, the people value several things, some of which are freedom, expanding and taking care of our families and our financial security. We, the people, take such things for granted. We also discourage some behavior, such as crime, laziness and use of illegal drugs.

Non care setting - Medications are often stored and administered in a variety of non-health care settings. These settings include: primary and secondary schools, Child day care centres, Board and care homes, Jails and prisons. In all these settings, employees frequently are responsible for handling and administering prescription and over-the-counter medications to clients or residents. Some organizations may employ licensed health professionals to directly manage the medication administration process. However, many of these settings have no licensed health professionals involved. Where medications are stored and administered to individuals, written policies and procedures should address the following: Acquisition of medications (e.g., from parents, caregivers, pharmacies), Specification of which personnel are allowed access to medications and allowed to administer medications to students, clients or residents, Labelling and packaging of medications managed for students, clients

* All medication should be recorded and signed for by the receiving pharmacist and a proper record maintained in-house.

The nurse must verify the physician’s medication order, including the dose and time, and then the pharmacy is responsible for their own checks and balances via the BCMA system in order to complete the dispensing phase of the medication (Gooder, 2011). The nurse enters the BCMA system with a login and password and is able then to see a list of the virtual due list for a specific patient. The computer on wheels is then taken to that patient’s room and the five rights of medication administration begin. As nurses, we are taught to use the five rights of drug administration are (1) right patient (2) right medication (3) right dose (4) right route and (5) right time. By scanning the barcode on the patient’s hospital identification band, the nurse then asks for the patient to verbally state their name and date of birth, which can be verified by the nurse on the virtual due list and then choses the medication that are due for administration at that time. The medication is dispensed and the nurse is able to scan the barcode on the medication, the scanning triggers the automatic documentation of the medication given (Kelly, 2012).

In 1970, the controlled substances act was passed to regulate the manufacture and distribution of drugs whose use may result in dependency or abuse. Since the Act was passed anyone who has access to Controlled substance is watch and monitored very carefully by the Drug Enforcement Administration which is a branch of the department of justice, to regulate the use of these drugs. This includes to prescribing, refilling, and storing the controlled substances. This law is in place to control the distribution of these drugs legally and illegally. Doctors and medical assistants are responsible for maintaining the controlled substances in the office, with that when a drug is leaving an office it is critical to log the patients name, drug name, dose, date, ordering physician, and employee who handled the procedure. With having this law in place the bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Established a Schedule to categorize these Controlled substances. Schedule I, The high category of high risk drugs are not approved for medical use. These include heroin, Marijuana, opium, peyote, mescaline, etc.. Schedule II, are the drugs with a high instance of abuse or addiction and no refills are allowed. A new prescription is always

The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) gives certain bodies or individuals such as research scientists, pharmacies, doctors and manufacturers the legal right to access controlled substances.

The controlled Substances Act regulates the manufacturing and distribution of certain drugs that may cause dependency. There are five “schedules” for controlled substances that are listed from the highest potential for addiction and abuse to the lowest potential fir addiction and abuse. Schedule 1 includes non prescription narcotics such as cocaine and heroin which are mostly street drugs; schedule 2 carries a high potential for abuse and addiction where only a DEA-licensed physician can prescribe drugs such as codeine and morphine; schedule 3 are drugs such as anabolic steroids that have a moderate to low potential for dependency and abuse; schedule 4 drugs would include alprazolam (xanax) and diazepam that have a lower potential for abuse and addiction; lastly, schedule 5 drug examples would be drugs such as oxycodone that have the lowest potential for addiction and abuse. In my opinion, as a future health care professional the basis of these regulations would be to lower the risk of drug abuse.

The War on Drugs, like the war on Terrorism, is a war that America may not be able to afford to win. For over forty years the United States has been fighting the War on Drugs and there is no end in sight. It has turned into a war that is about politics and economics rather than about drugs and criminals. The victims of this war are numerous; but perhaps they are not as numerous as those who benefit from the war itself.

However, if the liquid medications are in volumes larger than 3 oz. each, they may not be placed in the quart-size bag and must be declared to a Transportation Security Officer. A declaration can be made verbally, in writing, or by a person’s companion, caregiver, interpreter, or family member. Declared liquid medications and other liquids for disabilities and medical conditions must be kept separate from all other property submitted for x-ray screening.

Medication authorization form must be filled out for medication that is needed during school hours.

Through police officers’ attitudes concerning the law it can be determined whether or not if they enforce those laws forcefully. Drug abuse in the United States has been prolonged for many decades and the law enforcement spends countless dollars trying to decrease the War on Drugs. Through a quantitative approach this paper methodologically analyzes the study of police officers’ attitudes about drugs and also the damage they incur in law enforcement.

1. Ensure that all the information needed is on the Rx: patient’s information, prescriber’s information, drug, strength, how to be used, quantity to be dispensed, refills if appropriate, date and signature.

For this hospital, a majority of the filling process is computerized. After scanning in the correct prescription and medication you check the five rights (L. White, personal

To help prevent this in the future, the pharmacist and techs should follow the rules and regulations when processing the refills through both Medicaid and Caremark insurances like they are supposed to.