17 December 2024
Faculty of Pharmacy at AAU Hosts the Head of the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Department at the Food and Drug Administration
As part of its efforts to connect theoretical knowledge with practical applications and host experts and specialists in various pharmaceutical fields, the Faculty of Pharmacy at Al-Ahliyya Amman University welcomed Dr. Malak Al-Mahayreh, Head of the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Department at the Food and Drug Administration.
During the session, Dr. Al-Mahayreh discussed the role of the Food and Drug Administration in monitoring narcotics, psychotropic substances, and their preparations, as well as their classification. She highlighted restricted and monitored medications and the mechanisms for their classification. She also addressed the administration’s periodic procedures for reviewing the schedules of narcotics and psychotropic substances and adding any substance proven to have narcotic effects or prone to misuse.
Additionally, Dr. Al-Mahayreh emphasized the critical role of responsible pharmacists in various pharmaceutical institutions in handling narcotics and psychotropic medications and raising community awareness about the dangers of their misuse.
The event was attended by a group of students along with faculty and administrative members of the Faculty of Pharmacy.
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