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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.
Correlates the drugs and substances controlled by the Treaty with those named in the Canadian Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the UK Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and the US Controlled Substances Act. Drug diplomacy in the twentieth century: an international history, William B. McAllister, Routledge, 2000; Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.
We understand that the ACMD operates within the framework set by the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 but, bearing in mind that the Council is the sole scientific advisory body on drugs policy, we consider the Council’s failure to alert the Home Secretary to the serious doubts about the basis and effectiveness of the classification system at an ...
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.
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There are no specific research exemptions in the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. However, the associated Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 [6] does exempt products containing less than 1 mg of a controlled substance (1 ug for lysergide and derivatives) so long as a number of requirements are met, including that it cannot be recovered by readily ...
In the United Kingdom, where the principal piece of drug prohibition legislation is the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, [44] criticism includes: Drug classification: making a hash of it? , Fifth Report of Session 2005–06, House of Commons Science and Technology Committee , which said that the present system of drug classification is based on ...