Państwowa Inspekcja Sanitarna w walce z dopalaczami – niedozwolone wytwarzanie i obrót środkami zastępczymi

One of the tasks of the State Sanitary Inspectorate, established to protect people’s health against adverse effects of environmental harmfulness and nuisance, is to fight against production and sales of functional analogues, referred to as designer drugs. In his article, the author presents the duties and mandate of the State Sanitary Inspectorate in this area, the binding legal regulations and judicature of administrative courts. The author also discusses the changes to legal regulations proposed by the European Commission, aimed at making access to substitute substances more difficult.