DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A CASE FILLING SYSTEM FOR A DRUG MONITORING AGENCY

1.1 Introduction

Drug Monitoring Agency Case Filing System is a system process made available by the Court for electronic drug case submission of documents. Drug tracking is concern with the continuous monitoring of the actual quantity of drugs held in the hospital pharmacy or any other drug warehouse /store and controls the stock level. UNODC is continuously monitoring and researching global illicit drug markets in order to gain a more comprehensive understanding of their dynamics. According to Julius (2008), he articulated that drug trafficking is a global black market dedicated to the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of drugs that are subject to drug prohibition laws. Most jurisdictions prohibit trade, except under license, of many types of drugs through the use of drug prohibition laws (Julius, 2008).

As a prelude to other parts of this study, this chapter will discuss the background upon which this study was initiated, the statement of problems that led to this study, the Aim and Objectives of the study. Others are Significance of the study, Scope of work, Limitations of the Study and Definition of technical terms.

1.2 Background of Study

National Drug law Enforcement Agency was set up in the year 1984 during the regime of Buhari the acting president of that year. It was established when caught on drug reaffixing called cocaine they are Bartholomew bologna Laval ojulope and Benard Obenegbe and were executed by then government Buhari. It was established to take care of the problem that Nigeria are facing due to the problem of hard drugs that existed in Nigeria then.

NDLEA act N30 laws of the federation in 2004 they state the practical operation in the year 1990 from airport commissioners when they saw some groups of boys carrying drugs and then want to stop them.

Fedelis Ojakilome was the first chairman of NDLEA and he handed over to kwajafa whose was an assistance inspector of police (AIG) and handed over to papa jamare who only lasted for 2 months and Bamaji took over from him in 1994 and lasted for five years. He was replaled by 1994 Onovo 1.0 from Enugu also a police personnel who remains in office till 2000 and handed over to lockdam also AIG and lasted for 3-4 months them Lafia gim took over who was an SSS boss before he came to Drug Ground October.

In 2006, Ahmadu ginelde a retired police officer is as at now the preset boss in NDLEA Company. This is to enforce the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs that are found in all parts of Nigeria. This NDLEA people are found in all parts of Nigeria which hampers the operation of the traffickers. In international air ports, land boarders and other places there are may people that fight against Drug in all those places which help to radices the high rate of drugs abusers because they have branches in all conges of the world which help them to got information about any drug person ground so that they will went on for an arrest of that person.

A lot of people have been suffering as a result of ignorance because they take drugs without knowing the side effect of the drug. People have died because of ignorance of taking wrong drugs at the wrong time. Drug monitoring system gives details about the drugs and the side effect of any drugs, so that any drugs been given to a patient he/she will know whether the drugs is reacting in their body system or not. The effect of this is the abuse of drugs which weakened immune system, increasing the risk of illness and infection. It also led to death and abdominal pain which can lead to changes in appetite and weight loss.

It is against the background that the developments of this software to enable people have access to drug related cases, so the software users should not give false information that is out of the software deeds. This research work is based on providing adequate information about drugs. At the end of this project, the drug monitoring software will be able to provide adequate information about drugs cases.

1.3 Statement of Problem

Investigation revealed that the problem they face in their company is that they lack awareness of their members of their operation brandy by the public as such they do not like their search on the carport seaport and international air ports that which shows that they don’t know their privacy and the powers given to NSLEA. They also lack co-operation for general public that is they don’t volatile information on drugs offenders in the area because of Libras unstuck.

They encounter some undue interfere in their investigation by luring place individuals in the society. They poor remigration on their works because their workers are not well paid which now daises some of their workers not be active in work. They also encounter some logic problem including vehicles that are not regard enough to with stand the pressure of the day to day activities. The hostile attitude needed from the general public to the law enforcement Agents are not there.

1.4 Aim and Objectives of the Study

The aim of the study is to design and implement a Case Filling System for a Drug Monitoring Agency. In achieving this aim, the following specific objectives were laid out as follows to develop an application software that will:

1. Make sure that Nigeria’s partake in the habit of fighting against Drug Abuse like other countries;
2. Provide information about the quantity of drugs remaining cases;
3. Ensure accurate keeping of drug case records; and
4. Present illicit cultivation production main effective of illicit trafficking of hard drugs which begins to take place in Nigeria.

1.5 Significance of Study

This research work lies in its usefulness as the people right to health care including the right to a reliable standard of health care services and assurance that drugs received are genuine and safe, hospital will rely on a standard drug management system for good management of drug. This also assures better welfare for patients.

In the face of rapid technology changes today, the need to develop computer model of drug based information management system arises .It will also lead to substantial improvement in welfare, profit margin and organizational effectiveness and efficiency.

Again no body known the secret of Drug Agents or the powers given to their officers which now encourage them to go ahead and arrest anybody that go against their law. They have the right to entire into any place whether forcible to entire so far they get the news that some changers addicts are staging inside the place.

This study will be of immense benefit to other researchers who intend to know more on this study and can also be used by non-researchers to build more on their research work. This study contributes to knowledge and could serve as a guide for other study.

1.6 Scope of Study

The scope of the research is focused on the Design and Implementation of a Case Filling System for a Drug Monitoring Agency.

1.7 Limitations of the Study

During the course of this study, many things militated against its completion, some of which are:

1. Time Constraint: The time frame given to accomplish this project was very short due to school academic calendar and it was carried out under pressure which made the researcher not to implement some necessary features.
2. Establishment Policies: Establishment policies posed a serious limitation as most staffs are not ready to release information needed for this project work. There were lots of information needed from the staffs of this institution to enhance the study which took them time to release or they did not release at all for security purposes, hence the scope was reduced.
3. Research material: availability of research material is a major setback to the scope of the study.
4. Frequent power failure: This made the researcher append more money on fuel to ensure sustainable power.
5. Financial Constraint: Insufficient fund tends to impede the efficiency of the researcher in sourcing for the relevant materials, literature or information and in the process of data collection (internet).

1.8 Definition of Terms

Drug: A drug is any substance (with the exception of food and water) which, when taken into the body, alters the body's function either physically and/or psychologically. Drugs may be legal (e.g. alcohol, caffeine and tobacco) or illegal (e.g. cannabis, ecstasy, cocaine and heroin).

Medication: A medication is a substance that is taken into or placed on the body that does one of the following things: most medications are used to cure disease or condition. (For example, antibiotics are given to cure an infection. Medications are also given to treat a medical condition).

Prescription: A prescription is a health-care program implemented by a physician or other qualified health care practitioner in the form of instructions that govern the plan of care for an individual patient.