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The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 [1] (c. 38) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It represents action in line with treaty commitments under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, [2] the Convention on Psychotropic Substances, [3] and the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.
Its terms of reference, [1] according to the Act, are as follows: . to keep under review the situation in the United Kingdom with respect to drugs which are being or appear to them likely to be misused and of which the misuse is having or appears to them capable of having harmful effects sufficient to constitute a social problem, and to give to any one or more of the Ministers, where either ...
Following pressure from the US, the UK implemented the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act 1964 in 1964. Although the Convention dealt with the problems of drug production and trafficking, rather than the punishment of drug users, the 1964 Act introduced criminal penalties for possession by individuals of small amounts of drugs, as well as ...
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The United Kingdom Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 aimed to control the possession and supply of numerous listed drugs and drug-like substances as a controlled substance.The act allowed and regulated the use of some Controlled Drugs (designated CD) by various classes of persons (e.g. doctors) acting in their professional capacity.
Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002: United Kingdom: Medicines Act 1968; Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 [13] Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001; Drugs Act 2005; Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 [14] |-United States: Controlled Substances Act; Federal Analogue Act
Record number of drug misuse deaths in Wales "I was a traumatised child, born into the care system," Mr Condron told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast . With no role models, he said he left school and ...
These drugs are known in the UK as controlled drug, because this is the term by which the act itself refers to them.In more general terms, however, many of these drugs are also controlled by the Medicines Act 1968, there are many other drugs which are controlled by the Medicines Act but not by the Misuse of Drugs Act, and some other drugs (alcohol, for example) are controlled by other laws.