Triggered by Harnak`s warning in 1899 that heroin could be a dangerous poison, Turnauer[12] tested the drug for the possibility of harmful sequelae. After treating 48 cases of phthise, bronchitis and dyspnea, Turnauer noted a tolerance to the drug. After administering heroin for a long period of time, he found that the dose needed to be increased. He explained that he “found no harmful results, especially since I did not observe any symptoms of abstinence. In general, it seemed that in all cases where a period of time had elapsed, the full effect could be achieved again with small doses. It can be concluded that some people are particularly sensitive to heroin tolerance, and it is recommended that in the elderly and weak, the initial dose does not exceed 0.005 g. Pregnancy: miscarriage, low birth weight, neonatal abstinence syndrome. Older adults: higher risk of accidental abuse because many older adults have multiple prescriptions, which increases the risk of drug interactions and slows drug breakdown with age; In addition, many older adults are treated with prescription medications for pain. The 1912 Hague Opium Convention placed heroin in the same category as morphine and cocaine. [50] The Convention required Parties to “do their best” to limit the manufacture, sale and use of medicines exclusively for medical and legitimate purposes. Controls should be established over all persons who manufacture, import, sell, distribute and export the medicinal product and its salts.
Records of quantities manufactured, imported and exported must be kept. In addition, the handling of unauthorized persons in the international trade in these drugs has been prohibited. All preparations containing more than 0.1% heroin should also be checked. However, there was no indication of how production and distribution control should be implemented. Each country was allowed to decide for itself how best to do so. At the beginning of the First World War, only eleven countries had ratified the Convention, although seven others had expressed their willingness to do so. However, peace treaties concluded after the end of the war automatically brought the Hague Convention into force between the contracting parties. In 1901, Joseph Jacobi, relying on heroin use in 85 cases, claimed that the drug was superior as a cough suppressant. Although he found its use more effective in patients who had never taken strong narcotics, he reported that any tendency to tolerance could be avoided if the dosage was limited for several weeks.
It also recommended that its use be alternated with morphine or codeine. At Dreser`s request, Floret experimented with the drug in the polyclinic of paint factories (1898). [6] He found it valuable in the treatment of bronchitis, asthma and tuberculosis. For cases of dry bronchitis where codeine was ineffective, Floret reported that heroin was exceptionally fast and reliable. According to the Mexican Health Code[66] (from 1924), the import, export, preparation, possession, use and consumption of the drug was prohibited. In the case of drugs produced, the period during which international control can be described as complete worldwide is relatively short, the six years 1931-1936. This was due to events affecting the problem itself, which led a number of countries to stop providing the necessary statistics to the Council. Nevertheless, the Chamber considers that it is justified to note, even on the basis of the short period for which it has complete statistics, that some of the main objectives of the two Conventions on the Control of Manufactured Medicinal Products – namely a full representation of available supplies (Geneva Convention of 1925) and the limitation of manufacture to medical and scientific requirements (Limitation Convention of 1931) – are largely and were the subject of an exception.
“a cactus that grows mainly in Mexico and contains the powerful illegal drug mescaline, which makes people who take it believe that they see and hear things, but the controls introduced under this convention have not directly limited the quantities of drugs to be produced. When the Egyptian government reported in 1929 and 1930 on the grave situation created in the Middle East by the existence of uncontrolled factories in Turkey (see page 9), the Tenth Assembly of the League unanimously adopted a resolution in favour of a system to limit the production of dangerous drugs. Finally, the prescribing system enshrined in the 1931 Restriction Convention[53] is based on estimates by contracting and non-contracting parties that must make the required medicines available in the coming year. The estimates are based solely on the medical and scientific requirements of the country providing them and are intended to include: A benzodiazepine that is chemically similar to prescription sedatives such as Valium® and Xanax® and can be abused for its psychotropic effects. Rohypnol has been used to commit sexual assault due to its powerful sedation effect. In these cases, abusers can dissolve the drug in a person`s drink without their knowledge. a drug or chemical that the law does not allow you to produce, possess or use an illegal drug artificially made from chemicals Although the legitimate production of heroin was practically stopped after 1924, the demand of drug addicts for this drug continued to be met by smugglers. Heroin trafficking in the United States peaked in the latter half of the 1920s.
In the years 1930-1932, there was a sharp decrease in the volume of traffic, mainly due to international restrictions. Heroin, which was still illegally trafficked, was generally falsified. Another part of the world where heroin addiction attracted attention was Egypt.