{"id":3518,"date":"2022-06-28T20:38:34","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T20:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=3518"},"modified":"2023-05-17T21:24:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T20:24:06","slug":"psn-shuts-down-over-50-illegal-medicine-stores-in-kogi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/psn-shuts-down-over-50-illegal-medicine-stores-in-kogi\/","title":{"rendered":"PSN Shuts Down Over 50 Illegal Medicine Stores in Kogi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Over 50 illegal medicines stores have been shut down by the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) in Kogi State.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The Kogi State Chairman of PSN, Dr Lawal Muhammed, disclosed this on Tuesday while speaking at the 2022 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Dr Muhammed described as very worrisome the high circulation of hard and sub-standard drugs in Kogi State by quack medicine store owners, stressing that if not quickly checked, it will pose a great danger to the already fragile security state of the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">He said recent findings by the association revealed that school drop out, individuals who lost their jobs in different fields had ventured into drug businesses in Kogi State, just as they now see the sale of drugs as a way of making quick money.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">He said the association is still in the process of clamping down on more illegal medical stores and premises, adding that anyone caught will face the full wrath of the law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cDrugs are being made available, easily, especially the controlled drugs. These days, everybody goes into drugs irrespective of who they are. It is amazing to hear that recently, a woman had issues with her matrimonial home, got separated, and later became a single mother. The next thing we saw was that she now has a medical store without any qualifications to back it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cThey now see the drug business as a means to survive. Somebody has lost his job, the next thing is to go into the drug business. Somebody is not doing well in the business he or she is doing, the next thing is to go into drugs. Drugs are not commodities you trade on. Drugs are there to render health care service and must be handled by professionals who have indebt knowledge about it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The pharmacist also lamented that patent medical dealers had failed to stock drugs in line with the acceptable guidelines in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Muhammed said \u201d They have their guidelines. There are categories of drugs they are supposed to store, but because of the quest of making money, you will see them storing all manners of drugs. When the regulatory agency begins to clamp down on them, they will start coming out with the sentiment that we are witch-hunting them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cLet me quickly make an illustration. If a village hunter is allowed to carry AK 47 you will agree with me that he won\u2019t know how to use this rifle properly. The chances are high of him abusing the rifle. That is why you see that there are personnel that are allowed in handling high calibre rifles like the military.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cThe same scenarios is what is applicable to drugs. It is not every individual that is licensed to handle all kinds of drugs. We have drugs for Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary health care services. These categories of drugs are not meant to be handled by a School certificate holder, or somebody who just lost his job or a roadside seller. 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