Textbook of Forensic Pharmacy

Contents: Preface. 1. General introduction. 2. History of drug legislation and pharmacy profession in India. 3. Pharmaceutical ethics. 4. The Pharmacy Act, 1948. 5. The All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987.6. The University Grants Commission (U.G.C.) Act, 1956. 7. The drugs and magic remedies (Objectionable advertisements) Act, 1954 and rules 1955. 8. The Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and rules, 1945. 9. The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and rules, 1985. 10. Medicinal and Toilet Preparations (Excise duties) Act, 1955 and rules, 1956. 11. The Industries (Development and regulations) Act, 1952. 12. The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 and rules, 1955. 13. National blood policy. 14. Pharmaceutical policy, 2002. 15. The drugs (price control) order (DPCO), 1995. 16. WTO, GATS and the Indian Patents Act, 1970 with amendments. Index. References.

"Forensic Pharmacy is the foundation of the structure on which the sacred profession of Pharmacy has been built up in our country. It provides much needed legal support, professional backing and ethical strength for the systematic growth of the profession.

Pharmacist as a drug custodian, drug maker, drug counsellor, drug dispenser, drug analyser, and drug educator has to discharge his duties within the orbit of professional discipline. The profession derives its strength from the legal provisions such as, acts, rules, bill, orders, and statutes covered in forensic pharmacy, also known as pharmaceutical jurisprudence. Besides, historical developments of drug legislations, pharmaceutical ethics, and study of allied legislative pieces constitute core of the subject.

It was the endeavour of the authors to provide lucid and easily understandable text of the subject for the students of pharmacy based on their long experience of handling the classes in the subject of forensic pharmacy."