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Canada: Illegal, Exemption in British Columbia where 2.5 grams is decriminalized due to Health Canada mandate: Illegal: Illegal: Illegal: Methamphetamine is not approved for medical use in Canada. As of 2005, methamphetamine has been moved to Schedule I of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, which provides access to the highest maximum ...
Dimethyl sulfone (DMSO 2) is an organosulfur compound with the formula (CH 3) 2 SO 2. It is also known by several other names including methyl sulfone and (especially in alternative medicine) methylsulfonylmethane (MSM). [4] This colorless solid features the sulfonyl functional group and is the simplest of the sulfones. It is relatively inert ...
Dimethylamphetamine has weaker stimulant effects than amphetamine or methamphetamine and is considerably less addictive [1] and less neurotoxic compared to methamphetamine. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] However, it still retains some mild stimulant effects and abuse potential, [ 4 ] and is a Schedule I controlled drug.
[4] [9] [10] In the 1950s, there was a rise in the legal prescription of methamphetamine to the American public. [19] Methamphetamine constituted half of the amphetamine salts for the original formulation for the diet drug Obetrol. [19] Methamphetamine was also marketed for sinus inflammation or non-medicinal purposes as "pep pills" or "bennies ...
The Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (French: Loi réglementant certaines drogues et autres substances) is Canada's federal drug control statute. Passed in 1996 under Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's government, it repeals the Narcotic Control Act and Parts III and IV of the Food and Drugs Act, and establishes eight Schedules of controlled substances and two Classes of precursors.
Seven people have been arrested and charged in connection to an alleged social media drug ring at Rutgers University, New Jersey officials announced this week.
Methamphetamine was discovered in 1893 and exists as two enantiomers: levo-methamphetamine and dextro-methamphetamine. [ note 2 ] Methamphetamine properly refers to a specific chemical substance, the racemic free base , which is an equal mixture of levomethamphetamine and dextromethamphetamine in their pure amine forms, but the hydrochloride ...
Toxic chemicals resulting from methamphetamine production may be hoarded or clandestinely dumped, damaging land, water, plant life and wild life, and posing a risk to humans. [15] [10] Waste from methamphetamine labs is frequently dumped on federal, public, and tribal lands. The chemicals involved can explode and clandestine chemistry has been ...