title: Drugs, drugs--who has the drugs?
abstract: Drug diversion, although on the increase, is not the only problem involving drugs that hospital security officials should be concerned with. Growing drug shortages, offshore production, counterfeiting, and weaknesses in the drug supply chain in case of a world-wide pandemic, are even greater causes for concern, the author claims.
authors.affiliation: Center for Healthcare Emergency Readiness (CHCER), Nashville, TN, USA.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blair
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D058110:Counterfeit Drugs; D003415:Crime; D004189:Disaster Planning; D004345:Drug Industry; D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control; D005607:Fraud; D006801:Humans; D058873:Pandemics; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000592:standards* / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D023481:Terrorism
chemical_list: D058110:Counterfeit Drugs; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations