Pharmacy Council and Customs Department are working closely as antibiotics, pharmaceuticals, and sex-enhancement drugs are being imported illegally

The Antigua and Barbuda Pharmacy Council is working closely with the
Customs Department in order to stem the practice of persons importing
pharmaceuticals into the country without the requisite licence.
 
President of the Pharmacy Council Algernon Roberts says no one should be
importing pharmaceuticals without permission.
 
Roberts says that those persons who may have obtained their prescription
drugs overseas and bring in a month or two supply are fine; but if there are
suspicions that these drugs will be sold they can be seized.
 
In order to prevent a public-health crisis, the Pharmacy Council has to work
diligently alongside the Customs Department to prevent the mass import of
drugs without the appropriate licence, Roberts explains.
 

He discloses that Customs officers have been reporting suspicious drug
importation to the drug inspectors, who have made considerable seizures of
pharmaceuticals being brought illegally.

Algernon Roberts, president of the Antigua and Barbuda Pharmacy
Council.
 
The Pharmacy Council president recognizes that the importation of sexual
stimulants has increased, as well, while the overuse and misuse of antibiotics
continue to be a matter of concern.
 
Roberts says that antibiotics are being brought into the country without the
proper authorization and licenses and are being sold all over, even by suitcase
vendors. This poses a serious public-health risk with anti-microbial
resistance, he warns.
 
The Antigua and Barbuda Pharmacy Council was established in 1995 under
the Pharmacy Act with the aim of protecting the health interests of the public.