The State Drugs and Medications Control Service ( ua, Державна служба України з лікарських засобів та контролю за наркотиками) is a national
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Ukraine
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responsible for drafting state policy, legal regulation, control and monitoring in combating trafficking drugs, psychotropic substances, medications and their precursors. The Service is specially authorized to address and solve problems relating to traffic in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, and their precursors; the Service is also authorized to combat the illicit drug trafficking. Commonly was known as The Drugs Control Service (Derzhavna Sluzhba Narcocontrolya).
The Service was formed on September 10, 2014 by Cabinet Resolution No. 442 by the merge of the State Service for Drugs Control (Державна слу́жба Украї́ни з контро́лю за нарко́тиками) and the State Service of Medicines (Державна служба України з лікарських засобів).
The service is formed for implementation of state policy in the areas of:
*quality and safety of medical products, including medical immuno-biological drugs, medical equipment and medical products that are in circulation and / or used in the health sector, approved for implementation in pharmacy institutions and their structural units;
*licensing of economic activities for the production of drugs, importing drugs, wholesale and retail sale of medicines;
*trafficking in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their analogues and precursors, combating illicit trafficking.
The activities of this body is directed and coordinated by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, directly and through the
Minister of Healthcare.
See also
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Main Directorate for Drugs Control
The Main Directorate for Drugs Control (GUKON, ) is a law enforcement agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia responsible for the regulation of narcotics and investigation of drug crimes.
Drugs Control is tasked with combating dru ...
, the Russian equivalent, successor of
Federal Drugs Control Agency
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DEA
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA; ) is a United States federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Justice tasked with combating drug trafficking and distribution within the U.S. It is the lead agency for domestic en ...
, the US counterpart
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United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC; French: ''Office des Nations unies contre la drogue et le crime'') is a United Nations office that was established in 1997 as the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention by combining the ...
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Anti-Narcotics Force
The Anti-Narcotics Force ( ur, , reporting name: ''ANF'') is a federal executive bureau of the Government of Pakistan, tasked with combating the narcotics smuggling and use within Pakistan. ANF works under the umbrella of Pakistan Army and Mi ...
External links
Official websiteState Service of Medicines
{{Central office of executive authority of Ukraine
Drug control law enforcement agencies
Specialist law enforcement agencies of Ukraine
Drugs in Ukraine