Legal drug trade

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Legal drug trade, as with other

governments, regardless of the relative perceived danger of the goods that are the object of legislation.[1][2]
Legal commerce in drugs can be categorized according to the purpose of consumption (therapeutic vs recreational), type of drug involved and
distribution or consumption
.

Therapeutic use

Production

Drugs useful for treating diseases are the object of

medical practice, and produced by the pharmaceutical industry, which in theory should be[according to whom?] above United Nations legislation prohibiting use or sole possession of the drugs termed illegal for other purposes.[3]

Distribution

Pharmaceutical companies, through authorized dealers, guarantee the distribution of their products to their customers. Since antiquity, there have been stores specialized in drug selling. Today, they are called

supermarkets
.

Consumption

Therapeutic drug consumption can take place in an

outpatient setting, or during hospitalization
.

Recreational use

Production

alcohol industry. Consumption of alcohol is subject to regulation in most countries, namely by means of age restrictions
.

age restrictions
in most countries.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration
.

Distribution

There are authorized dealers which provide consumers with legal intoxicants, every industry developing a network of

distribution to connect with its clients. Drug publicity
by producers and distributors aims at increasing consumption.

Consumption

Legal drugs for recreation are taken by people in private and in public, including places devoted to drug selling for consumption

restaurants
.

Cultural biases

The above-mentioned substances represent the most important products legally produced for the purposes of mind-altering effects. Some critics[

the UN's worldwide prohibition. They are also the most important[who?] public health concern, as a result of prohibition of certain other drugs.[4][5][6]

See also

References and sources

  1. ^ US Government the World's Leading Drug Peddler
  2. ^ History of the Non-Medical Use of Drugs in the United States
  3. ^ The Secret of Worldwide Drug Prohibition
  4. ^ "Historia General de Las Drogas - Antonio Escohotado - eBook". www.scribd.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-14.
  5. ^ Noam Chomsky, "On the War on Drugs", Week Online, DRCNet, February 8, 2002
  6. ^ "עבירות סמים". Friday, 28 May 2021
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