In relation to the prescription for Atasol 30, even though the accused was unaware of the fact that codeine was a narcotic, such lack of knowledge clearly is a mistake of law and is not a valid defence.

Calls on the Council to do its utmost to implement the fundamental right to health as regards the treatment of pain and access to opioid analgesics, noting that the International Narcotics Control Board has asked the international community to promote the prescription of painkillers, on condition of stringent control by recognised international and national supervision agents, such as national governments and United Nations specialised agencies, especially in poor countries, as severe under-treatment is reported in more than 150 countries; calls on the Council and the Commission to work towards WHO membership being opened up to all Stat ...[+++]es, as set out in Article 3 of its Constitution, thus enhancing the effectiveness and universality of WHO programmes;

137. Calls on the Council to do its utmost to implement the fundamental right to health as regards the treatment of pain and access to opioid analgesics, noting that the International Narcotics Control Board has asked the international community to promote the prescription of painkillers, on condition of stringent control by recognised international and national supervision agents, such as national governments and United Nations specialised agencies, especially in poor countries, as severe under-treatment is reported in more than 150 countries; calls on the Council and the Commission to work towards WHO membership being opened up to all ...[+++] States, as set out in Article 3 of its Constitution, thus enhancing the effectiveness and universality of WHO programmes;

136. Calls on the Council to do its utmost to implement the fundamental right to health as regards the treatment of pain and access to opioid analgesics, noting that the International Narcotics Control Board has asked the international community to promote the prescription of painkillers, on condition of stringent control by recognised international and national supervision agents, such as national governments and United Nations specialised agencies, especially in poor countries, as severe under-treatment is reported in more than 150 countries; calls on the Commission and the Council to work towards WHO membership being opened up to all ...[+++] States, as set out in Article 3 of its Constitution, thus enhancing the effectiveness and universality of WHO programmes;

M. noting that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has indicated that 10 countries consume 80% of the opiates legally available worldwide, and that the remaining 180 states include the majority of developing countries that make up 80% of the world's population; noting also that the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) has asked the international community to promote the prescription of painkillers, especially in poor countries, as severe under-treatment is reported in more than 150 countries where hardly anyone who is in need of treatment is being treated, and, in another 30 countries, where under-treatment is even more prevale ...[+++]nt or where no data are available,

M. noting that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has indicated that 10 countries consume 80% of the opiates legally available worldwide, and that the remaining 180 states include the majority of developing countries that make up 80% of the world's population; noting also that the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) has asked the international community to promote the prescription of painkillers, especially in poor countries, as severe under-treatment is reported in more than 150 countries where hardly anyone who is in need of treatment is being treated, and, in another 30 countries, where under-treatment is even more prevalen ...[+++]t or where no data are available,