List of controlled drugs in the United Kingdom
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Drugs controlled by the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 (UK) Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 is an Act of Parliament which represents UK action in line with treaty commitments under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, the Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic...

 are listed in this article.

These drugs are known in the UK as controlled drugs, 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
Medicines Act 1968
The Medicines Act 1968 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom. It governs the manufacture and supply of medicine.The act defines three categories of medicine: prescription only medicines , which are available only from a pharmacist if prescribed by an appropriate practitioner; pharmacy...

, there are many other drugs which are controlled by the Medicines Act but not by the Misuse of Drugs Act, and other substances which may be considered drugs (alcohol
Ethanol
Ethanol, also called ethyl alcohol, pure alcohol, grain alcohol, or drinking alcohol, is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid. It is a psychoactive drug and one of the oldest recreational drugs. Best known as the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages, it is also used in thermometers, as a...

, for example) are controlled by other laws.

The Misuse of Drugs Act sets out three separate categories, Class A, Class B, and Class C. Class A drugs represent those deemed most dangerous, and so carry the harshest punishment
Punishment
Punishment is the authoritative imposition of something negative or unpleasant on a person or animal in response to behavior deemed wrong by an individual or group....

s. Class C represents those thought to have the least capacity no harm, and so the Act demands more lenient punishment. Being found in possession of a drug
Drug possession
Drug possession is the crime of having one or more illegal drugs in one's possession, either for personal use, distribution, sale or otherwise. Illegal drugs fall into different categories and sentences vary depending on the amount, type of drug, circumstances, and jurisdiction.A person has...

 on this list is dealt with less seriously than would be if it were deemed that there is intent to supply the drug to others. Possession with intent to supply
Illegal drug trade
The illegal drug trade is a global black market, dedicated to cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of those substances which are subject to drug prohibition laws. Most jurisdictions prohibit trade, except under license, of many types of drugs by drug prohibition laws.A UN report said the...

 carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment
Life imprisonment
Life imprisonment is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime under which the convicted person is to remain in jail for the rest of his or her life...

.

With regard to lawful possession and supply, a different set of categories apply which are set out in the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 (as amended). This sets out five schedules each with their own restrictions. Schedule 1 contains substances with no medicinal value such as hallucinogens and their use is limited primarily to research, whereas schedules 2-5 contain the other regulated drugs. This means that although drugs may fall into the category of Class A/B/C, they may also fall into one of the schedules for legitimate medicinal use. For example, morphine
Morphine
Morphine is a potent opiate analgesic medication and is considered to be the prototypical opioid. It was first isolated in 1804 by Friedrich Sertürner, first distributed by same in 1817, and first commercially sold by Merck in 1827, which at the time was a single small chemists' shop. It was more...

 is a Class A drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 is an Act of Parliament which represents UK action in line with treaty commitments under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, the Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic...

, but when lawfully supplied falls under the category of a Schedule 2 controlled drug.

Substances may be removed and added to different parts of the schedule by statutory instrument
Statutory Instrument
A Statutory Instrument is the principal form in which delegated or secondary legislation is made in Great Britain.Statutory Instruments are governed by the Statutory Instruments Act 1946. They replaced Statutory Rules and Orders, made under the Rules Publication Act 1893, in 1948.Most delegated...

, provided a report of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs is a statutory and non-executive non-departmental British public body, which was established under the UK's Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.-Mandate:Its terms of reference, according to the Act, are as follows:...

 has been commissioned and has reached a conclusion, although the Secretary of State
Secretary of State (United Kingdom)
In the United Kingdom, a Secretary of State is a Cabinet Minister in charge of a Government Department ....

 is not bound by the council's findings. This list has in practice modified a great number of times, sometimes removing substances, but more commonly adding some; for example, many benzodiazepines became Class C drugs in 1985.
Glossary of terminology used in this list
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anabolic steroid
Anabolic steroid
Anabolic steroids, technically known as anabolic-androgen steroids or colloquially simply as "steroids", are drugs that mimic the effects of testosterone and dihydrotestosterone in the body. They increase protein synthesis within cells, which results in the buildup of cellular tissue ,...

s
— hormones that build muscle tissue

benzodiazepine
Benzodiazepine
A benzodiazepine is a psychoactive drug whose core chemical structure is the fusion of a benzene ring and a diazepine ring...

s
— a class of sedative
Sedative
A sedative or tranquilizer is a substance that induces sedation by reducing irritability or excitement....

/ anxiolytic
Anxiolytic
An anxiolytic is a drug used for the treatment of anxiety, and its related psychological and physical symptoms...

 drugs

cannabinoids — drugs that bind to cannabinoid receptors

hallucinogens — drugs that alter perception of reality

opioid
Opioid
An opioid is a psychoactive chemical that works by binding to opioid receptors, which are found principally in the central and peripheral nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract...

s
— Drugs that bind to opioid receptors

phenethylamine
Phenethylamine
Phenylethylamine or phenethylamine is a natural monoamine alkaloid, trace amine, and also the name of a class of chemicals with many members well known for psychoactive drug and stimulant effects. Studies suggest that phenylethylamine functions as a neuromodulator or neurotransmitter in the...

s
— hallucinogens based on phenethylamine

sedative
Sedative
A sedative or tranquilizer is a substance that induces sedation by reducing irritability or excitement....

s
— drugs that lower arousal

stimulant
Stimulant
Stimulants are psychoactive drugs which induce temporary improvements in either mental or physical function or both. Examples of these kinds of effects may include enhanced alertness, wakefulness, and locomotion, among others...

s
— drugs that heighten arousal

tryptamine
Tryptamine
Tryptamine is a monoamine alkaloid found in plants, fungi, and animals. It is based around the indole ring structure, and is chemically related to the amino acid tryptophan, from which its name is derived...

s
— hallucinogens based on tryptamine

Class A drugs

1. The following substances, namely:—

(a)
Name as specified
in the Act
Brand or
street name
Drug type When
added
Notes and comments
Acetorphine
Acetorphine
Acetorphine is a potent analgesic drug, up to 8700 times stronger than morphine by weight. It is a derivative of the more well-known opioid etorphine, which is used as a very potent veterinary painkiller and anesthetic medication, primarily for the sedation of large animals such as elephants,...

 
opioid 1971 primarily used to sedate elephants, giraffes and rhinos
Alfentanil
Alfentanil
Alfentanil is a potent but short-acting synthetic opioid analgesic drug, used for anaesthesia in surgery. It is an analogue of fentanyl with around 1/4 the potency of fentanyl and around 1/3 of the duration of action, but with an onset of effects 4x faster than fentanyl...

 
opioid 1984
Allylprodine
Allylprodine
Allylprodine is an opioid analgesic that is an analogue of prodine. It was discovered in by Hoffman-La Roche in 1957 during research into the related drug pethidine...

 
opioid 1971
Alphacetylmethadol
Alphacetylmethadol
Alphacetylmethadol is a synthetic opioid. It is the enantiomer of levacetylmethadol. In the United States, it is a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act....

 
opioid 1971 synthetic
Alphameprodine  opioid 1971
Alphamethadol  opioid 1971
Alphaprodine  opioid 1971
Anileridine
Anileridine
Anileridine is a synthetic analgesic drug and is a member of the piperidine class of analgesic agents developed by Merck & Co. in the 1950s...

 
opioid 1971
Benzethidine
Benzethidine
Benzethidine is a 4-phenylpiperidine derivative that is related to the opioid analgesic drug pethidine .Benzethidine is not currently used in medicine and is a Class A/Schedule I drug which is controlled under UN drug conventions...

 
opioid 1971
Benzylmorphine
Benzylmorphine
Benzylmorphine is a semi-synthetic opiate narcotic introduced to the international market in 1896 and that of the United States very shortly thereafter...

 
opioid 1971
Betacetylmethadol
Betacetylmethadol
Betacetylmethadol is a synthetic opioid. It is a stereoisomer of both alphacetylmethadol and levacetylmethadol. In the United States, it is a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act....

 
opioid 1971
Betameprodine  opioid 1971
Betamethadol  opioid 1971
Betaprodine  opioid 1971
Bezitramide
Bezitramide
Bezitramide is a narcotic analgesic. Bezitramide itself is a prodrug which is readily hydrolyzed in the gastrointestinal tract to its main metabolite, despropionyl-bezitramide. Bezitramide was discovered at Janssen Pharmaceutica in 1961...

 
opioid 1971
Bufotenine  Toad tryptamine 1971 found in the psychoactive toad
Psychoactive toad
Psychoactive toad is a name used for toads from which psychoactive substances from the family of bufotoxins can be derived. The skin and poison of Bufo alvarius contain 5-MeO-DMT and bufotenin. Other species contain only bufotenin. 5-MeO-DMT and bufotenin both belong to the family of...

s
Carfentanil
Carfentanil
Carfentanil or carfentanyl is an analogue of the popular synthetic opioid analgesic fentanyl, and is one of the most potent opioids known . Carfentanil was first synthesized in 1974 by a team of chemists at Janssen Pharmaceutica which included Paul Janssen...

 
opioid 1986 Used as a tranquilizer for large game (elephants etc.)
Clonitazene
Clonitazene
Clonitazene is an opioid analgesic of approximately three times the potency of morphine. It is related to etonitazene....

 
opioid 1971
Coca
Coca
Coca, Erythroxylum coca, is a plant in the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America. The plant plays a significant role in many traditional Andean cultures...

 leaf
Erythroxylum
Erythroxylum
Erythroxylum is a genus of tropical flowering plants in the family Erythroxylaceae. Many species contain the drug cocaine; Erythroxylum coca, a native of South America, is the main commercial source of cocaine and of the mild stimulant coca tea...

1971 the plant from which cocaine is derived
Cocaine
Cocaine
Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is a stimulant of the central nervous system, an appetite suppressant, and a topical anesthetic...

 
coke stimulant 1971 one of the most widely used illicit drugs in the world
Desomorphine
Desomorphine
Desomorphine is an opiate analogue invented in 1932 in the United States that is a derivative of morphine, where the 6-hydroxyl group has been removed and the 7,8 double bond has been saturated. It has sedative and analgesic effects, and is around 8-10 times more potent than morphine...

 
opioid 1971
Dextromoramide
Dextromoramide
Dextromoramide is a powerful opioid analgesic approximately three times more potent than morphine but shorter acting. It is subject to drug prohibition regimes, both internationally through UN treaties, and by the criminal law of individual states...

 
opioid 1971
Diampromide
Diampromide
Diampromide is an opioid analgesic from the ampromide family of drugs, related to other drugs such as propiram. It was invented in the 1960s, and can be described as a ring-opened analogue of fentanyl....

 
opioid 1971
Diethylthiambutene
Diethylthiambutene
Diethylthiambutene is an opioid analgesic drug developed in the 1950s which was mainly used as an anesthetic in veterinary medicine and continues, along with the other two thiambutenes dimethylthiambutene and ethylmethylthiambutene to be used for this purpose, particularly in Japan...

 
opioid 1971
Difenoxin
Difenoxin
Difenoxin is a 4-phenylpiperidine derivative that is related to the opioid analgesic drug pethidine and more distantly related to alphaprodine and piritramide, and it is an active metabolite of the anti-diarrhoea drug diphenoxylate. Difenoxin et al...

 
opioid 1975
Dihydrocodeinone O-carboxymethyloxime
Codoxime
Codoxime is an opiate analogue that is a derivative of hydrocodone, where the 6-ketone group has been replaced by carboxymethyloxime. It has primarily antitussive effects and was found to have moderate potential to cause dependence in animal studies....

 
opioid 1971
Dihydroetorphine
Dihydroetorphine
Dihydroetorphine was developed by K.W.Bentley at McFarlan-Smith in the 1960s and is a potent analgesic drug , which is used mainly in China...

 
opioid (see notes) 2003 Semi-synthetic opioid; derivative of etorphine
Etorphine
Etorphine is a semi-synthetic opioid possessing an analgesic potency approximately 200 times that of morphine. It was first prepared in 1960 from oripavine, which does not generally occur in opium poppy extract but rather in "poppy straw" and in related plants, Papaver orientale and Papaver...

 
Dihydromorphine
Dihydromorphine
Dihydromorphine is a semi-synthetic opioid invented in Germany in 1900. In structure, it is very similar to morphine, the only difference being the reduction of the double bond between positions 7 and 8 in morphine to a single bond...

 
Paramorphan opioid 1971
Dimenoxadole  opioid 1971
Dimepheptanol
Dimepheptanol
Dimepheptanol is an opioid analgesic that is an analogue of methadone.Dimepheptanol is a mixture of two isomers, α-methadol and β-methadol. These are also available separately, and this drug has three separate entries in many national and international lists of illegal drugs, which refer to the...

 
opioid 1971 an analogue of methadone
Dimethylthiambutene
Dimethylthiambutene
Dimethylthiambutene is an opioid analgesic drug, most often used in veterinary medicine in Japan and to a lesser extent in other countries in the region and around the world...

 
opioid 1971
Dioxaphetyl butyrate
Dioxaphetyl Butyrate
Dioxaphetyl butyrate is an opioid analgesic which is a diphenylacetic acid derivative, related to other open-chain opioid drugs such as dextropropoxyphene, levacetylmethadol , lefetamine and dimenoxadol.It produces similar effects to other opioids, including dependence, euphoria, analgesia,...

 
opioid 1971
Diphenoxylate
Diphenoxylate
Diphenoxylate is an opioid agonist used for the treatment of diarrhea that acts by slowing intestinal contractions and peristalsis allowing the body to consolidate intestinal contents and prolong transit time, thus allowing the intestines to draw moisture out of them at a normal or higher rate and...

 
opioid 1971
Dipipanone
Dipipanone
Dipipanone is a strong opioid analgesic drug, used for very severe pain in cases where other analgesics are unsuitable, for instance where morphine is indicated but cannot be used due to the patient being allergic to morphine.-Dosage forms:...

 
opioid 1971
Drotebanol
Drotebanol
Drotebanol is a morphinan derivative that acts as an opioid agonist. It was invented by Sankyo Company in Japan during the 1970s. It is synthesised from thebaine....

 
opioid 1973
Ecgonine
Ecgonine
Ecgonine is an organic chemical and tropane alkaloid found naturally in coca leaves. It has a close structural relation to cocaine: it is both a metabolite and a precursor, and as such, it is a controlled substance, as are all known substances which can be used as precursors to ecgonine...

 
precursor
Precursor (chemistry)
In chemistry, a precursor is a compound that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound. In biochemistry, the term "precursor" is used more specifically to refer to a chemical compound preceding another in a metabolic pathway....

1971 "and any derivative of ecgonine which is convertible to ecgonine or to cocaine"
Ethylmethylthiambutene
Ethylmethylthiambutene
Ethylmethylthiambutene is an opioid analgesic drug from the thiambutene family, around 1.3x the potency of morphine. It is under international control under Schedule I of the UN Single Convention On Narcotic Drugs 1961, presumably due to high abuse potential....

 
opioid 1971
Eticyclidine
Eticyclidine
Eticyclidine is a dissociative anesthetic drug with hallucinogenic effects. It is similar in effects to phencyclidine but is slightly more potent...

 
hallucinogen 1984
Etonitazene
Etonitazene
Etonitazene is a potent analgesic drug shown to be approximately 1000–1500x the potency of morphine in animal models but only 60x morphine in man. It is one of several benzimidazole opioids, and is structurally related to clonitazene Etonitazene is a potent analgesic drug shown to be approximately...

 
opioid 1971
Etorphine
Etorphine
Etorphine is a semi-synthetic opioid possessing an analgesic potency approximately 200 times that of morphine. It was first prepared in 1960 from oripavine, which does not generally occur in opium poppy extract but rather in "poppy straw" and in related plants, Papaver orientale and Papaver...

 
opioid 1971
Etoxeridine
Etoxeridine
Etoxeridine is a 4-phenylpiperidine derivative that is related to the opioid analgesic drug pethidine ....

 
opioid 1971
Etryptamine  tryptamine 1998
Fentanyl  opioid 1971 Approximately 100 times the strength of morphine
Morphine
Morphine is a potent opiate analgesic medication and is considered to be the prototypical opioid. It was first isolated in 1804 by Friedrich Sertürner, first distributed by same in 1817, and first commercially sold by Merck in 1827, which at the time was a single small chemists' shop. It was more...

Furethidine
Furethidine
Furethidine is a 4-phenylpiperidine derivative that is related to the opioid analgesic drug pethidine .Furethidine is not currently used in medicine and is a Class A/Schedule I drug which is controlled under UN drug conventions. It has similar effects to other opioid derivatives, such as analgesia,...

 
opioid 1971
Hydrocodone
Hydrocodone
Hydrocodone or dihydrocodeinone is a semi-synthetic opioid derived from either of two naturally occurring opiates: codeine and thebaine. It is an orally active narcotic analgesic and antitussive...

 
Vicodin opioid 1971
Hydromorphinol
Hydromorphinol
Hydromorphinol is an opiate analogue that is a derivative of morphine, where the 14-position has been hydroxylated and the 7,8- double bond saturated. It has similar effects to morphine such as sedation, analgesia and respiratory depression, but is more potent and has a steeper dose-response curve...

 
opioid 1971
Hydromorphone
Hydromorphone
Hydromorphone, a more common synonym for dihydromorphinone, commonly a hydrochloride is a very potent centrally-acting analgesic drug of the opioid class. It is a derivative of morphine, to be specific, a hydrogenated ketone thereof and, therefore, a semi-synthetic drug...

 
Dilaudid, Palladone, Hymorphan opioid 1971
Hydroxypethidine
Hydroxypethidine
Hydroxypethidine is an opioid analgesic that is an analogue of pethidine . Hydroxypethidine is significantly less potent than meperidine as an analgesic, although it also has NMDA antagonist properties like its close relative ketobemidone.Hydroxypethidine has similar effects to other opioids, and...

 
opioid 1971
Isomethadone  opioid 1971 Simple positional isomer of Methadone
Methadone
Methadone is a synthetic opioid, used medically as an analgesic and a maintenance anti-addictive for use in patients with opioid dependency. It was developed in Germany in 1937...

Ketobemidone
Ketobemidone
Ketobemidone is a powerful opioid analgesic. Its effectiveness against pain is in the same range as morphine, and it also has some NMDA-antagonist properties imparted by it's metabolite norketobemidone. This makes it useful for some types of pain that don't respond well to other opioids...

 
opioid 1971
Levomethorphan
Levomethorphan
Levomethorphan is the l-stereoisomer of methorphan. The effects of the two isomers are quite different. Dextromethorphan is an antitussive at low doses and a dissociative at much higher doses, whereas levomethorphan is an opioid analgesic...

 
opioid 1971
Levomoramide
Levomoramide
Levomoramide is the inactive isomer of the opioid analgesic dextromoramide, invented by the chemist Paul Janssen in 1956. Unlike dextromoramide, which is a potent analgesic with high abuse potential, levomoramide is virtually without activity....

 
opioid 1971 the totally inactive isomer of dextromoramide
Levophenacylmorphan
Levophenacylmorphan
Levophenacylmorphan is a morphinan derivative that acts as an opioid agonist. It has potent analgesic effects and is around 10x more potent than morphine. Adverse effects associated with its use are those of the opioids as a whole, including pruritus, nausea, respiratory depression, euphoria and...

 
opioid 1971
Levorphanol
Levorphanol
Levorphanol is an opioid medication used to treat severe pain. It is the levorotatory stereoisomer of the synthetic morphinan and a pure opioid agonist, first described in Germany in 1948 as an orally active morphine-like analgesic...

 
opioid 1971
Lofentanil
Lofentanil
Lofentanil is one of the most potent opioid analgesics known and is an analogue of fentanyl, which was developed in 1960. It is most similar to the highly potent opioid carfentanil , only slightly more potent. Lofentanil can be described as 3-methylcarfentanil, or 3-methyl-4-carbomethoxyfentanyl...

 
opioid 1986
Lysergamide  ergoline 1971 a precursor to LSD
Lysergic acid diethylamide  LSD, acid ergoline 1971 "Lysergide and other N-alkyl derivatives of lysergamide"
Mescaline
Mescaline
Mescaline or 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine is a naturally occurring psychedelic alkaloid of the phenethylamine class used mainly as an entheogen....

 
mescaline phenethylamine 1971 found naturally in the peyote
Peyote
Lophophora williamsii , better known by its common name Peyote , is a small, spineless cactus with psychoactive alkaloids, particularly mescaline.It is native to southwestern Texas and Mexico...

 cactus
Metazocine
Metazocine
Metazocine is an opioid analgesic related to pentazocine. While metazocine has significant analgesic effects, mediated through a mixed agonist-antagonist action at the mu opioid receptor, its clinical use is limited by dysphoric and hallucinogenic effects which are most likely caused by activity at...

 
opioid 1971
Methadone
Methadone
Methadone is a synthetic opioid, used medically as an analgesic and a maintenance anti-addictive for use in patients with opioid dependency. It was developed in Germany in 1937...

 
methadone opioid 1971
Methadyl acetate  opioid 1971 used in treating opioid addiction, structurally related to methadone
Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine is a psychostimulant of the phenethylamine and amphetamine class of psychoactive drugs...

 
meth, speed stimulant 2006 moved from class B to class A in 2006
Methyldesorphine
Methyldesorphine
Methyldesorphine is an opioid analgesic. First synthesized in Germany in 1940 and patented in the USA in 1952, it has a high potential for abuse as with any potent opioid agonist, and is sometimes found along with desomorphine as a component of the home-made opioid mixture known as "Krokodil" used...

 
opioid 1971
Methyldihydromorphine
Methyldihydromorphine
Methyldihydromorphine is a semi-synthetic opioid drug developed in Germany in 1936, controlled under both domestic law and UN conventions because of its possible potential for abuse...

 
opioid 1971
MDMA  ecstasy phenethylamine 1977
Metopon
Metopon
Metopon is an opiate analogue that is a methylated derivative of hydromorphone which was invented in 1948 as an analgesic....

 
opioid 1971
Morpheridine
Morpheridine
Morpheridine is a 4-phenylpiperidine derivative that is related to the opioid analgesic drug pethidine...

 
opioid 1971
Morphine
Morphine
Morphine is a potent opiate analgesic medication and is considered to be the prototypical opioid. It was first isolated in 1804 by Friedrich Sertürner, first distributed by same in 1817, and first commercially sold by Merck in 1827, which at the time was a single small chemists' shop. It was more...

 
opioid 1971 derivative of the opium poppy
Opium poppy
Opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, is the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are extracted. Opium is the source of many opiates, including morphine , thebaine, codeine, papaverine, and noscapine...

 and powerful painkiller
Morphine diacetate  heroin opioid 1971 derivative of the opium poppy
Opium poppy
Opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, is the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are extracted. Opium is the source of many opiates, including morphine , thebaine, codeine, papaverine, and noscapine...

Morphine methobromide  opioid 1971 "morphine N-oxide and other pentavalent nitrogen
Nitrogen
Nitrogen is a chemical element that has the symbol N, atomic number of 7 and atomic mass 14.00674 u. Elemental nitrogen is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, and mostly inert diatomic gas at standard conditions, constituting 78.08% by volume of Earth's atmosphere...

 morphine derivatives"
Myrophine
Myrophine
Myrophine is an opiate analogue that was developed in 1952. It is a derivative of morphine.Myrophine is substituted with a 3-benzyl group and a 6-myristyl chain. It is metabolised to form benzylmorphine and then further to morphine, and so is a long-acting prodrug for morphine, but with a slow...

 
opioid 1971
Nicomorphine
Nicomorphine
Nicomorphine is the 3,6-dinicotinate ester of morphine. It is a strong opioid agonist analgesic two to three times as potent as morphine with a side effect profile similar to that of dihydromorphine, morphine, and diamorphine. Nicomorphine was patented as Vilan by Lannacher Heilmittel Ges. m.b.H...

 
opioid 1971
Noracymethadol  opioid 1971
Norlevorphanol
Norlevorphanol
Norlevorphanol is an opioid analgesic of the morphinan class. It was never marketed....

 
opioid 1971
Normethadone
Normethadone
Normethadone is a cough suppressant. It is a desmethyl derivative of methadone....

 
opioid 1971
Normorphine
Normorphine
Normorphine is an opiate analogue that is derived from the N-demethylated derivative of morphine first described in the 1950s when a large group of N-substituted morphine analogues were characterized for activity....

 
opioid 1971
Norpipanone  Hexalgon methadol 1971
Opium
Opium
Opium is the dried latex obtained from the opium poppy . Opium contains up to 12% morphine, an alkaloid, which is frequently processed chemically to produce heroin for the illegal drug trade. The latex also includes codeine and non-narcotic alkaloids such as papaverine, thebaine and noscapine...

 
opium opioid mixture 1971 milky secretion of the opium poppy
Opium poppy
Opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, is the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are extracted. Opium is the source of many opiates, including morphine , thebaine, codeine, papaverine, and noscapine...

 - banned "whether raw, prepared or medicinal"
Oxycodone
Oxycodone
Oxycodone is an opioid analgesic medication synthesized from opium-derived thebaine. It was developed in 1916 in Germany, as one of several new semi-synthetic opioids in an attempt to improve on the existing opioids: morphine, diacetylmorphine , and codeine.Oxycodone oral medications are generally...

 
OxyContin opioid 1971 Widely used strong pain killer
Oxymorphone
Oxymorphone
Oxymorphone or 14-Hydroxydihydromorphinone is a powerful semi-synthetic opioid analgesic first developed in Germany circa 1914, patented in the USA by Endo Pharmaceuticals in 1955 and introduced to the United States market in January 1959 and other countries around the same time...

 
Numorphan, Opana opioid 1971
Pethidine
Pethidine
Pethidine or meperidine Pethidine (INN) or meperidine (USAN) Pethidine (INN) or meperidine (USAN) (commonly referred to as Demerol but also referred to as: isonipecaine; lidol; pethanol; piridosal; Algil; Alodan; Centralgin; Dispadol; Dolantin; Mialgin (in Indonesia); Petidin Dolargan (in Poland);...

 
Demerol opioid 1971
Phenadoxone
Phenadoxone
Phenadoxone is an opioid analgesic of the open chain class invented in by Hoechst in 1947...

 
opioid 1971
Phenampromide
Phenampromide
Phenampromide is an opioid analgesic from the ampromide family of drugs, related to other drugs such as propiram and diampromide. It was invented in the 1960s by American Cyanamid Co....

 
opioid 1971
Phenazocine
Phenazocine
Phenazocine is an opioid analgesic drug, which is related to pentazocine and has a similar profile of effects....

 
opioid 1971
Phencyclidine
Phencyclidine
Phencyclidine , commonly initialized as PCP and known colloquially as angel dust, is a recreational dissociative drug...

 
angel dust, PCP dissociative 1979
Phenomorphan
Phenomorphan
Phenomorphan is an opioid analgesic. It is not currently used in medicine, but has similar side effects to other opiates, which include itching, nausea and respiratory depression....

 
opioid 1971
Phenoperidine
Phenoperidine
Phenoperidine was discovered by Janssen Pharmacutica 1960. Marketed as its hydrochloride as Operidine or Lealgin, is an opioid used as a general anesthetic. It is a derivative of isonipecotic acid, like pethidine, and is metabolized in part to norpethidine. It is 20-200 times as potent as pethidine...

 
opioid 1971
Piminodine
Piminodine
Piminodine is an opioid analgesic that is an analogue of pethidine . It was used in medicine briefly during the 1960s and 70s, but has largely fallen out of clinical use. It was used particularly for obstetric analgesia and in dental procedures and, like pethidine, could be combined with...

 
opioid 1971
Piritramide
Piritramide
Piritramide is a synthetic opioid analgesic with a potency 0.65 to 0.75 times that of morphine. A common starting dose is 15 mg IV, equivalent to 10 mg of morphine hydrochloride. Piritramide is commonly used for the treatment of postoperative pain...

 
opioid 1971
Poppy-straw Papaver somniferum 1971 "Poppy-straw and concentrate of poppy-straw."
Proheptazine
Proheptazine
Proheptazine is an opioid analgesic from the phenazepine family. It was invented in the 1960s.Proheptazine produces similar effects to other opioids, including analgesia, sedation, dizziness and nausea....

 
opioid 1971
Properidine
Properidine
Properidine is an opioid analgesic and the isopropyl analog of pethidine....

 
opioid 1971
Psilocin
Psilocin
Psilocin , an aromatic compound, sometimes also spelled psilocine, psilocyn, or psilotsin, is a psychedelic mushroom alkaloid. It is found in most psychedelic mushrooms together with its phosphorylated counterpart psilocybin...

 
tryptamine 1971 found in most psychedelic mushrooms
Psilocybe mushrooms  magic mushrooms fungi 2005 "Fungus (of any kind) which contains psilocin or an ester of psilocin."
Racemethorphan  opioid mixture 1971 Racemic mixture of Dextromethorphan
Dextromethorphan
Dextromethorphan is an antitussive drug. It is one of the active ingredients in many over-the-counter cold and cough medicines, such as Robitussin, NyQuil, Dimetapp, Vicks, Coricidin, Delsym, and others, including generic labels. Dextromethorphan has also found other uses in medicine, ranging...

 (DXM) and Levomethorphan
Levomethorphan
Levomethorphan is the l-stereoisomer of methorphan. The effects of the two isomers are quite different. Dextromethorphan is an antitussive at low doses and a dissociative at much higher doses, whereas levomethorphan is an opioid analgesic...

Racemoramide
Racemoramide
Racemoramide , or simply moramide, is a opioid analgesic and a racemic mixture of the substances dextromoramide and levomoramide , two enantiomers of a chiral molecule....

 
opioid mixture 1971
Racemorphan  opioid mixture 1971
Remifentanil
Remifentanil
Remifentanil is a potent ultra short-acting synthetic opioid analgesic drug. It is given to patients during surgery to relieve pain and as an adjunct to an anaesthetic. Remifentanil is used for sedation as well as combined with other medications for use in general anesthesia...

 
2003 Strong painkiller; cannot be used without plasma infusion equipment
Rolicyclidine
Rolicyclidine
Rolicyclidine is a dissociative anesthetic drug with hallucinogenic and sedative effects. It is similar in effects to phencyclidine but is slightly less potent and has less stimulant effects instead producing a sedative effect described as being somewhat similar to a barbiturate, but with...

 
PCPy hallucinogen 1984 Very similar to phencyclidine
Phencyclidine
Phencyclidine , commonly initialized as PCP and known colloquially as angel dust, is a recreational dissociative drug...

 (PCP)
Sufentanil
Sufentanil
Sufentanil is a powerful synthetic opioid analgesic drug, approximately 5 to 10 times more potent than its analog, fentanyl. Sufentanil is marketed for use by specialist centres under different trade names, such as Sufenta and Sufentil...

 
opioid 1983
Tenocyclidine
Tenocyclidine
Tenocyclidine is a dissociative anesthetic drug with stimulant and hallucinogenic effects. It is similar in effects to phencyclidine but is considerably more potent. TCP has slightly different binding properties to PCP, with more affinity for the NMDA receptors, but less affinity for the sigma...

 
TCP hallucinogen 1984 Very similar to phencyclidine
Phencyclidine
Phencyclidine , commonly initialized as PCP and known colloquially as angel dust, is a recreational dissociative drug...

 (PCP), but considerably more potent
Thebacon  opioid 1971
Thebaine
Thebaine
Thebaine , its name coming from the Greek Θῆβαι, Thēbai, an ancient city in Upper Egypt, is an opiate alkaloid. A minor constituent of opium, thebaine is chemically similar to both morphine and codeine, but has stimulatory rather than depressant effects, causing convulsions similar to strychnine...

 
opioid 1971
Tilidate
Tilidine
Tilidine , or tilidate is a synthetic opioid analgesic, used mainly in Germany, Switzerland and Belgium for treatment of moderate to severe pain, both acute and chronic.-Pharmacology:...

 
opioid 1983
Trimeperidine
Trimeperidine
Trimeperidine is an opioid analgesic that is an analogue of prodine. It was developed in or around 1954 in the USSR during research into the related drug pethidine....

 
opioid 1971
2,5-Dimethoxy-4-bromoamphetamine
2,5-Dimethoxy-4-bromoamphetamine
DOB, also known as Brolamfetamine and Bromo-DMA, is a psychedelic hallucinogenic drug and a substituted amphetamine of the phenethylamine class of compounds, which can be used as an entheogen. DOB was first synthesized by Alexander Shulgin in 1967...

 
DOB phenethylamine 1975 a drug of the 2C family
4-Cyano-2-dimethylamino-4,4-diphenylbutane  opioid (see note) 1971 Methadone intermediate
4-Cyano-1-methyl-4-phenyl-piperidine  opioid (see note) 1971 Intermediate chemical in generation of the opioid, Pethidine
N,N-Diethyltryptamine  DET, T-9 tryptamine 1971
N,N-Dimethyltryptamine  DMT tryptamine 1971 Intense psychedelic drug
2,5-Dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine
2,5-Dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine
2,5-Dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine is a psychedelic and a substituted amphetamine...

 
DOM phenethylamine 1971 a drug of the 2C family
N-Hydroxy-tenamphetamine  stimulant 1990
1-Methyl-4-phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylic acid  Pethidinic acid precursor
Precursor (chemistry)
In chemistry, a precursor is a compound that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound. In biochemistry, the term "precursor" is used more specifically to refer to a chemical compound preceding another in a metabolic pathway....

1971
2-Methyl-3-morpholino-1  opioid (see notes) 1971 Converted in the body into the opioid Moramide
1-diphenylpropanecarboxylic acid  opioid (see notes) 1971 Converted in the body into the opioid Moramide
4-Methyl-aminorex
4-Methyl-aminorex
4-Methylaminorex is a stimulant drug of the 2-amino-5-aryloxazoline class that was first synthesized in the 1950s by McNeil Laboratories. It is also known by its street names "U4Euh" and "Ice"...

 
ice stimulant 1990
4-Phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylic acid ethyl ester  Norpethidine opioid (see notes) 1971 Commonly used in the production of Pethidine, although it has little opioid activity in its own right

N.B. Sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) were added in 1977, sub-paragraphs (d) and (e) were added in 1986. Sub-paragraph (ba) was subsequently added in 2001.


(b) any compound (not being a compound for the time being specified in sub-paragraph (a) above) structurally derived from tryptamine
Tryptamine
Tryptamine is a monoamine alkaloid found in plants, fungi, and animals. It is based around the indole ring structure, and is chemically related to the amino acid tryptophan, from which its name is derived...

 or from a ring-hydroxy
Hydroxyl
A hydroxyl is a chemical group containing an oxygen atom covalently bonded with a hydrogen atom. In inorganic chemistry, the hydroxyl group is known as the hydroxide ion, and scientists and reference works generally use these different terms though they refer to the same chemical structure in...

 tryptamine by substitution at the nitrogen
Nitrogen
Nitrogen is a chemical element that has the symbol N, atomic number of 7 and atomic mass 14.00674 u. Elemental nitrogen is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, and mostly inert diatomic gas at standard conditions, constituting 78.08% by volume of Earth's atmosphere...

 atom of the sidechain with one or more alkyl substituents but no other substituent;

(ba)
the following phenethylamine
Phenethylamine
Phenylethylamine or phenethylamine is a natural monoamine alkaloid, trace amine, and also the name of a class of chemicals with many members well known for psychoactive drug and stimulant effects. Studies suggest that phenylethylamine functions as a neuromodulator or neurotransmitter in the...

 derivatives, namely:—

  • Allyl(a-methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyphenethyl)amine
  • 2-Amino-1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-methylphenyl)ethanol
  • 2-Amino-1-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)ethanol
  • Benzyl(a-methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyphenethyl)amine
  • 4-Bromo-b,2,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine
  • N-(4-sec-Butylthio-2,5-dimethoxyphenethyl)hydroxylamine
  • Cyclopropylmethyl(a-methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyphenethyl)amine
  • 2-(4,7-Dimethoxy-2,3-dihydro-1H-indan-5-yl)ethylamine
  • 2-(4,7-Dimethoxy-2,3-dihydro-1H-indan-5-yl)-1-methylethylamine
  • 2-(2,5-Dimethoxy-4-methylphenyl)cyclopropylamine
  • 2-(1,4-Dimethoxy-2-naphthyl)ethylamine
  • 2-(1,4-Dimethoxy-2-naphthyl)-1-methylethylamine
  • N-(2,5-Dimethoxy-4-propylthiophenethyl)hydroxylamine
  • 2-(1,4-Dimethoxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-2-naphthyl)ethylamine
  • 2-(1,4-Dimethoxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-2-naphthyl)-1-methylethylamine
  • a,a-Dimethyl-3,4-methylenedioxyphenethylamine
  • a,a-Dimethyl-3,4-methylenedioxyphenethyl(methyl)amine

  • Dimethyl(a-methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyphenethyl)amine
  • N-(4-Ethylthio-2,5-dimethoxyphenethyl)hydroxylamine
  • 4-Iodo-2,5-dimethoxy-a-methylphenethyl(dimethyl)amine
  • 2-(1,4-Methano-5,8-dimethoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-6-naphthyl)ethylamine
  • 2-(1,4-Methano-5,8-dimethoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-6-naphthyl)-1-methylethylamine
  • 2-(5-Methoxy-2,2-dimethyl-2,3-dihydrobenzo[b]furan-6-yl)-1-methylethylamine
  • 2-Methoxyethyl(a-methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyphenethyl)amine
  • 2-(5-Methoxy-2-methyl-2,3-dihydrobenzo[b]furan-6-yl)-1-methylethylamine
  • b-Methoxy-3,4-methylenedioxyphenethylamine
  • 1-(3,4-Methylenedioxybenzyl)butyl(ethyl)amine
  • 1-(3,4-Methylenedioxybenzyl)butyl(methyl)amine
  • 2-(a-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyphenethylamino)ethanol
  • a-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyphenethyl(prop-2-ynyl)amine
  • N-Methyl-N-(a-methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyphenethyl)hydroxylamine
  • O-Methyl-N-(a-methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyphenethyl)hydroxylamine
  • a-Methyl-4-(methylthio)phenethylamine
  • b,3,4,5-Tetramethoxyphenethylamine
  • b,2,5-Trimethoxy-4-methylphenethylamine

(c) any compound (not being methoxyphenamine
Methoxyphenamine
Methoxyphenamine , also known as 2-methoxy-N-methylamphetamine , is a β-adrenergic receptor agonist of the amphetamine class used as a bronchodilator....

 or a compound for the time being specified in sub-paragraph (a) above) structurally derived from phenethylamine
Phenethylamine
Phenylethylamine or phenethylamine is a natural monoamine alkaloid, trace amine, and also the name of a class of chemicals with many members well known for psychoactive drug and stimulant effects. Studies suggest that phenylethylamine functions as a neuromodulator or neurotransmitter in the...

 an N-alkylphenethylamine, a methylphenethylamine
Methylphenethylamine
Methylphenethylamine is a chemical compound derived from phenethylamine. Its N-substitution results in less metabolism by monoamine oxidase than phenylethylamine itself....

, an N-alkyl-a-methylphenethylamine, a ethylphenethylamine, or an N-alkyl-a-ethylphenethylamine by substitution in the ring to any extent with alkyl, alkoxy, alkylenedioxy or halide substituents, whether or not further substituted in the ring by one or more other univalent substituents.

(d) any compound (not being a compound for the time being specified in sub-paragraph (a) above) structurally derived from fentanyl by modification in any of the following ways, that is to say,
by replacement of the phenyl portion of the phenethyl group by any heteromonocycle whether or not further substituted in the heterocycle;
by substitution in the phenethyl group with alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, hydroxy, halogeno, haloalkyl, amino or nitro groups;
by substitution in the piperidine
Piperidine
Piperidine is an organic compound with the molecular formula 5NH. This heterocyclic amine consists of a six-membered ring containing five methylene units and one nitrogen atom...

 ring with alkyl or alkenyl groups;
by substitution in the aniline
Aniline
Aniline, phenylamine or aminobenzene is an organic compound with the formula C6H5NH2. Consisting of a phenyl group attached to an amino group, aniline is the prototypical aromatic amine. Being a precursor to many industrial chemicals, its main use is in the manufacture of precursors to polyurethane...

 ring with alkyl, alkoxy, alkylenedioxy, halogeno or haloalkyl groups;
by substitution at the 4-position of the piperidine ring with any alkoxycarbonyl or alkoxyalkyl or acyloxy group;
by replacement of the N-propionyl group by another acyl group;

(e) any compound (not being a compound for the time being specified in sub-paragraph (a) above) structurally derived from pethidine
Pethidine
Pethidine or meperidine Pethidine (INN) or meperidine (USAN) Pethidine (INN) or meperidine (USAN) (commonly referred to as Demerol but also referred to as: isonipecaine; lidol; pethanol; piridosal; Algil; Alodan; Centralgin; Dispadol; Dolantin; Mialgin (in Indonesia); Petidin Dolargan (in Poland);...

 by modification in any of the following ways, that is to say,
by replacement of the 1-methyl group by an acyl, alkyl whether or not unsaturated, benzyl or phenethyl group, whether or not further substituted;
by substitution in the piperidine ring with alkyl or alkenyl groups or with a propano bridge, whether or not further substituted;
by substitution in the 4-phenyl ring wiith alkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, halogeno or haloalkyl groups;
by replacement of the 4-ethoxycarbonyl by any other alkoxycarbonyl or any alkoxyalkyl or acyloxy group;
by formation of an N-oxide or of a quaternary base.

2. Any stereoisomeric form of a substance for the time being specified in paragraph 1 above not being dextromethorphan
Dextromethorphan
Dextromethorphan is an antitussive drug. It is one of the active ingredients in many over-the-counter cold and cough medicines, such as Robitussin, NyQuil, Dimetapp, Vicks, Coricidin, Delsym, and others, including generic labels. Dextromethorphan has also found other uses in medicine, ranging...

 or dextrorphan
Dextrorphan
Dextrorphan is a psychoactive drug of the morphinan chemical class which acts as an antitussive or cough suppressant and dissociative hallucinogen. It is the dextro-stereoisomer of racemorphan, the levo-half being levorphanol. Dextrorphan is produced by O-demethylation of dextromethorphan by CYP2D6...

.

3. Any ester
Ester
Esters are chemical compounds derived by reacting an oxoacid with a hydroxyl compound such as an alcohol or phenol. Esters are usually derived from an inorganic acid or organic acid in which at least one -OH group is replaced by an -O-alkyl group, and most commonly from carboxylic acids and...

 or ether
Ether
Ethers are a class of organic compounds that contain an ether group — an oxygen atom connected to two alkyl or aryl groups — of general formula R–O–R'. A typical example is the solvent and anesthetic diethyl ether, commonly referred to simply as "ether"...

 of a substance for the time being specified in paragraph 1 or 2 above [not being a substance for the time being specified in Part II of this Schedule].

4. Any salt
Salt
In chemistry, salts are ionic compounds that result from the neutralization reaction of an acid and a base. They are composed of cations and anions so that the product is electrically neutral...

 of a substance for the time being specified in any of paragraphs 1 to 3 above.

5. Any preparation or other product containing a substance or product for the time being specified in any of paragraphs 1 to 4 above.

6. Any preparation designed for administration by injection
Injection (medicine)
An injection is an infusion method of putting fluid into the body, usually with a hollow needle and a syringe which is pierced through the skin to a sufficient depth for the material to be forced into the body...

 which includes a substance or product for the time being specified in any of paragraphs 1 to 3 of Part II of this Schedule.

Class B drugs

1. The following substances, namely:—

(a)
Name as specified
in the Act
Brand or
street name
Drug type
When
added
Notes and comments
Acetyldihydrocodeine
Acetyldihydrocodeine
Acetyldihydrocodeine is an opiate derivative discovered in Germany in 1914 and was used as as a cough suppressant and analgesic. It is not commonly used, but has activity similar to other opiates...

 
opioid 1971
Amphetamine
Amphetamine
Amphetamine or amfetamine is a psychostimulant drug of the phenethylamine class which produces increased wakefulness and focus in association with decreased fatigue and appetite.Brand names of medications that contain, or metabolize into, amphetamine include Adderall, Dexedrine, Dextrostat,...

 
speed stimulant 1971
Codeine
Codeine
Codeine or 3-methylmorphine is an opiate used for its analgesic, antitussive, and antidiarrheal properties...

 
opioid 1971 legal without prescription in quantities of up to 12.5 mg when in tablet form
Cannabinol
Cannabinol
Cannabinol is a psychoactive substance cannabinoid found in Cannabis sativa and Cannabis indica/afghanica. It is also a metabolite of tetrahydrocannabinol . CBN acts as a weak agonist of the CB1 and CB2 receptors, with lower affinity in comparison to THC.- External links :* Compounds found in...

 and derivatives
cannabinoid 2009 downgraded from class A to class C in 2004 and upgraded to class B in 2009
Cannabis
Cannabis
Cannabis is a genus of flowering plants that includes three putative species, Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, and Cannabis ruderalis. These three taxa are indigenous to Central Asia, and South Asia. Cannabis has long been used for fibre , for seed and seed oils, for medicinal purposes, and as a...

 
weed, marijuana, green, hash, skunk Cannabis sativa
Cannabis sativa
Cannabis sativa is an annual herbaceous plant in the Cannabaceae family. Humans have cultivated this herb throughout recorded history as a source of industrial fibre, seed oil, food, recreation, spiritual enlightenment and medicine...

2009 All cannabis varieties, including those grown as hemp
Hemp
Hemp is mostly used as a name for low tetrahydrocannabinol strains of the plant Cannabis sativa, of fiber and/or oilseed varieties. In modern times, hemp has been used for industrial purposes including paper, textiles, biodegradable plastics, construction, health food and fuel with modest...

, are controlled under the act, not just drug varieties
Downgraded from class B to class C
Cannabis reclassification in the United Kingdom
Cannabis classification in the United Kingdom refers to the class of drugs, as determined by the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, that cannabis is placed in. Between 1928 and 2004 it was classified as a class B drug...

 in 2004 and upgraded to class B in 2009
Dihydrocodeine
Dihydrocodeine
Dihydrocodeine, also called DHC, Drocode, Paracodeine and Parzone and known by the brand names of Synalgos DC, Panlor DC, Panlor SS, Contugesic, New Bron Solution-ACE, Huscode, Drocode, Paracodin, Codidol, Didor Continus, Dicogesic, Codhydrine, Dekacodin, DH-Codeine,...

 
opioid 1971 legal in amounts up to 7.46 mg when in tablet form and compounded with an adjunct non-opioid such as paracetamol.
Ethylmorphine
Ethylmorphine
Ethylmorphine is an opiate narcotic analgesic .Ethylmorphine was invented in Germany at Merck in 1884 and was used as a weaker alternative to heroin for all indications. Chemically, ethylmorphine is a morphine molecule with a -25 group substituted for the aromatic 3- group...

 
opioid 1971
Glutethimide
Glutethimide
Glutethimide is a hypnotic sedative that was introduced in 1954 as a safe alternative to barbiturates to treat insomnia. Before long, however, it had become clear that glutethimide was just as likely to cause addiction and caused similarly severe withdrawal symptoms...

 
sedative 1985
Lefetamine
Lefetamine
Lefetamine is a drug which is a stimulant and also an analgesic with effects comparable to codeine.Lefetamine was invented in the 1930s and showed weak analgetic activity....

 
stimulant 1985
Mecloqualone
Mecloqualone
Mecloqualone is an analogue of methaqualone which was first made in 1960 and marketed mainly in France and some other European countries. It has sedative, hypnotic and anxiolytic properties, and was used for the treatment of insomnia...

 
sedative 1984
a-Methylphenethylhydroxylamine  2001
Methaqualone
Methaqualone
Methaqualone is a sedative-hypnotic drug that is similar in effect to barbiturates, a general central nervous system depressant. The sedative-hypnotic activity was first noted by Indian researchers in the 1950s and in 1962 methaqualone itself was patented in the US by Wallace and Tiernan...

 
ludes, mandrake, Mandrax, Quaalude sedative 1984
Methcathinone
Methcathinone
Methcathinone , is a psychoactive stimulant, sometimes used as a recreational drug and considered addictive. It is usually snorted, but can be smoked, injected, or taken orally...

 
MCAT stimulant 1998
Mephedrone  MMCAT stimulant 2010
Methylphenidate
Methylphenidate
Methylphenidate is a psychostimulant drug approved for treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and narcolepsy. It may also be prescribed for off-label use in treatment-resistant cases of lethargy, depression, neural insult and obesity...

 
ritalin stimulant 1971
Methylphenobarbitone  sedative 1984
Naphyrone  NRG-1 stimulant 2010
Nicocodeine
Nicocodeine
Nicocodeine is an opiate derivative, closely related to dihydrocodeine and the codeine analogue of nicomorphine developed as a cough suppressant and analgesic. It is not commonly used in most countries, but has activity similar to other opiates. Nicocodeine and nicomorphine were introduced in the...

 
opioid 1971
Nicodicodine  opioid 1973
Norcodeine
Norcodeine
Norcodeine is an opiate analogue that is the N-demethylated derivative of codeine.Norcodeine has relatively little opioid activity in its own right, but is formed as a metabolite of codeine following ingestion....

 
opioid 1971
Pentazocine
Pentazocine
Pentazocine is a synthetically prepared prototypical mixed agonist-antagonist narcotic drug of the benzomorphan class of opioids used to treat moderate to moderately severe pain...

 
opioid 1985
Phenmetrazine
Phenmetrazine
Phenmetrazine is a stimulant drug of the morpholine chemical class that was previously used as an appetite suppressant, but has since been withdrawn from the market...

 
stimulant 1971
Pholcodine
Pholcodine
Pholcodine is a drug which is an opioid cough suppressant . It helps suppress unproductive coughs and also has a mild sedative effect, but has little or no analgesic effects. It is also known as morpholinylethylmorphine....

 
opioid 1971
Propiram
Propiram
Propiram is a partial mu opioid receptor agonist and weak mu antagonist analgesic from the ampromide family of drugs. It was invented in 1963 in the United Kingdom by Bayer but was not widely marketed, although it saw some limited clinical use, especially in dentistry...

 
opioid 1973
Zipeprol
Zipeprol
Zipeprol is a centrally acting cough suppressant developed in France in the 1970s. Zipeprol acts as a local anaesthetic and has mucolytic, antihistamine and anticholinergic properties.It is sold with several brand names such as Zinolta and Respilene. It is not available in the United States or...

 
opioid 1998


(b)
any 5,5 disubstituted barbituric acid
Barbituric acid
Barbituric acid or malonylurea or 6-hydroxyuracil is an organic compound based on a pyrimidine heterocyclic skeleton. It is an odorless powder soluble in water. Barbituric acid is the parent compound of barbiturate drugs, although barbituric acid itself is not pharmacologically active...



(c)
[2,3–Dihydro–5–methyl–3–(4–morpholinylmethyl)pyrrolo[1, 2, 3–de]–1,4–benzoxazin–6–yl]–1–naphthalenylmethanone.

3–Dimethylheptyl–11–hydroxyhexahydrocannabinol.

[9–Hydroxy–6–methyl–3–[5–phenylpentan–2–yl] oxy–5, 6, 6a, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10a–octahydrophenanthridin–1–yl] acetate.

9-(Hydroxymethyl)–6, 6–dimethyl–3–(2–methyloctan–2–yl)–6a, 7, 10, 10a–tetrahydrobenzo[c]chromen–1–ol.

Nabilone.

Any compound structurally derived from 3–(1–naphthoyl)indole or 1H–indol–3–yl–(1–naphthyl)methane by substitution at the nitrogen atom of the indole ring by alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkylmethyl, cycloalkylethyl or 2–(4–morpholinyl)ethyl, whether or not further substituted in the indole ring to any extent and whether or not substituted in the naphthyl ring to any extent.

Any compound structurally derived from 3–(1–naphthoyl)pyrrole by substitution at the nitrogen atom of the pyrrole ring by alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkylmethyl, cycloalkylethyl or 2–(4–morpholinyl)ethyl, whether or not further substituted in the pyrrole ring to any extent and whether or not substituted in the naphthyl ring to any extent.

Any compound structurally derived from 1–(1–naphthylmethyl)indene by substitution at the 3–position of the indene ring by alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkylmethyl, cycloalkylethyl or 2–(4–morpholinyl)ethyl, whether or not further substituted in the indene ring to any extent and whether or not substituted in the naphthyl ring to any extent.

Any compound structurally derived from 3–phenylacetylindole by substitution at the nitrogen atom of the indole ring with alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkylmethyl, cycloalkylethyl or 2–(4–morpholinyl)ethyl, whether or not further substituted in the indole ring to any extent and whether or not substituted in the phenyl ring to any extent.

Any compound structurally derived from 2–(3–hydroxycyclohexyl)phenol by substitution at the 5–position of the phenolic ring by alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkylmethyl, cycloalkylethyl or 2–(4–morpholinyl)ethyl, whether or not further substituted in the cyclohexyl ring to any extent.”;

2. Any stereoisomeric form of a substance for the time being specified in paragraph 1 of this Part of this Schedule.

3. Any salt
Salt
In chemistry, salts are ionic compounds that result from the neutralization reaction of an acid and a base. They are composed of cations and anions so that the product is electrically neutral...

 of a substance for the time being specified in paragraph 1 or 2 of this Part of this Schedule.

4. Any preparation or other product containing a substance or product for the time being specified in any of paragraphs 1 to 3 of this Part of this Schedule, not being a preparation falling within paragraph 6 of Part I of this Schedule.

Class C drugs

1. The following substances, namely:—

(a)
Name as specified
in the Act
Brand or
street name
Drug type When
added
Notes and comments
Alprazolam
Alprazolam
Alprazolam is a short-acting anxiolytic of the benzodiazepine class of psychoactive drugs. Alprazolam, like other benzodiazepines, binds to specific sites on the GABAA gamma-amino-butyric acid receptor...

 
Xanax benzodiazepine 1996
Aminorex
Aminorex
Aminorex is an anorectic stimulant drug of the 2-amino-5-aryl oxazoline class developed by a team at McNeil in 1962. It is closely related to 4-methylaminorex. Aminorex has been shown to have locomotor stimulant effects, lying midway between dextroamphetamine and methamphetamine...

 
stimulant 1998
Benzphetamine
Benzphetamine
Benzphetamine is an anorectic drug marketed under this brand in the USA by Pharmacia. Benzphetamine is used as a short term adjunct in management of exogenous obesity. It is closely related to amphetamine.- Pharmacology :...

 
stimulant 1971 metabolized into amphetamine and methamphetamine
Bromazepam
Bromazepam
Bromazepam is a benzodiazepine derivative drug, patented by Roche in the 1963 and developed clinically in the 1970s...

 
benzodiazepine 1996
Brotizolam
Brotizolam
Brotizolam is a sedative-hypnotic thienodiazepine drug which is a benzodiazepine analog. It possesses anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, hypnotic, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant properties, and is considered to be similar in effect to short-acting benzodiazepines such as triazolam...

 
benzodiazepine 1998
Buprenorphine
Buprenorphine
Buprenorphine is a semi-synthetic opioid that is used...

 
Subutex, Buprenex opioid 1989
Camazepam
Camazepam
Camazepam is a benzodiazepine psychoactive drug which is the dimethyl carbamate ester of temazepam, a metabolite of diazepam...

 
benzodiazepine 1985
Cathine
Cathine
Cathine, also known as d-norpseudoephedrine, is a psychoactive drug of the phenethylamine and amphetamine chemical classes which acts as a stimulant...

 
stimulant 1986 Khat
Khat
Khat, qat, gat or Waquish Spoken from true Yemeni, is a flowering plant native to tropical East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula....

 (Catha edulis), the plant from which Cathine originates is legal in The United Kingdom
Cathinone
Cathinone
Cathinone, or Benzoylethanamine, is a monoamine alkaloid found in the shrub Catha edulis and is chemically similar to ephedrine, cathine and other amphetamines. Cathinone induces the release of dopamine from striatal preparations that are prelabelled either with dopamine or its precursors. It is...

 
stimulant 1986 Khat
Khat
Khat, qat, gat or Waquish Spoken from true Yemeni, is a flowering plant native to tropical East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula....

 (Catha edulis), the plant from which Cathinone originates is legal in The United Kingdom
Chlordiazepoxide
Chlordiazepoxide
Chlordiazepoxide, is a sedative/hypnotic drug and benzodiazepine. It is marketed under the trade names Angirex, Klopoxid, Librax , Libritabs, Librium, Mesural, Multum, Novapam, Risolid, Silibrin, Sonimen and Tropium.Chlordiazepoxide was the first benzodiazepine to be synthesised and...

 
Librium benzodiazepine 1985
Chlorphentermine
Chlorphentermine
Chlorphentermine is an appetite suppressant of the phenethylamine class. Developed in 1962, it is the 4-chloro derivative of the better known appetite suppressant phentermine, which is still in current use.Chlorphentermine itself is a relatively weak stimulant with little abuse potential, but is...

 
stimulant 1971
Clobazam
Clobazam
Clobazam , is a drug which is a benzodiazepine derivative. It has been marketed as an anxiolytic since 1975 and an anticonvulsant since 1984...

 
benzodiazepine 1985
Clorazepic acid
Clorazepate
Clorazepate , also known as clorazepate dipotassium, is a drug that is a benzodiazepine derivative. It possesses anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative, hypnotic and skeletal muscle relaxant properties. Clorazepate is a prodrug for desmethyldiazepam, which is rapidly produced as an active metabolite...

 
benzodiazepine 1985
Clonazepam
Clonazepam
Clonazepamis a benzodiazepine drug having anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, muscle relaxant, and hypnotic properties. It is marketed by Roche under the trade name Klonopin in the United States and Rivotril in Australia, Brazil, Canada and Europe...

 
Klonopin benzodiazepine 1985
Clotiazepam
Clotiazepam
Clotiazepam is a thienodiazepine drug which is a benzodiazepine analog. The clotiazepam molecule differs from most other benzodiazepines in that the benzene ring has been replaced by a thiophene ring...

 
benzodiazepine 1985
Cloxazolam
Cloxazolam
Cloxazolam Cloxazolam Cloxazolam (marketed under brand name Sepazon, Olcadil (Brazil, Portugal and Spain), Akton (Belgium), Lubalix (Switzerland) is a drug which is a benzodiazepine derivative. Cloxazolam is metabolised into the active metabolite chlordesmethyldiazepam (delorazepam)...

 
benzodiazepine 1985
Delorazepam
Delorazepam
Delorazepam also known as chlordesmethyldiazepam is a drug which is a benzodiazepine and a derivative of desmethyldiazepam. It is marketed in Italy, where it is available under the trade name EN and Dadumir. Delorazepam is also an active metabolite of the benzodiazepine drug cloxazolam...

 
benzodiazepine 1985
Dextropropoxyphene
Dextropropoxyphene
Dextropropoxyphene, manufactured by Eli Lilly and Company, is an analgesic in the opioid category. It is intended to treat mild pain and has, in addition, anti-tussive and local anesthetic effects. It has been taken off the market in Europe and the US due to concerns of fatal overdoses and...

 
opioid 1983
Diazepam
Diazepam
Diazepam , first marketed as Valium by Hoffmann-La Roche is a benzodiazepine drug. Diazepam is also marketed in Australia as Antenex. It is commonly used for treating anxiety, insomnia, seizures including status epilepticus, muscle spasms , restless legs syndrome, alcohol withdrawal,...

 
valium benzodiazepine 1985
Diethylpropion  stimulant 1984
Estazolam
Estazolam
Estazolam is a benzodiazepine derivative drug developed by Upjohn in the 1970s. It possesses anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant properties...

 
benzodiazepine 1985
Ethchlorvynol
Ethchlorvynol
Ethchlorvynol is a sedative and hypnotic medication developed by Pfizer in the 1950s. It has been used to treat insomnia, but has been largely superseded and is only offered where an intolerance or allergy to other drugs exists....

 
sedative 1985
Ethinamate
Ethinamate
Ethinamate is a short-acting carbamate-derivative sedative-hypnotic medication used to treat insomnia. Regular use leads to drug tolerance, and it is usually not effective for more than 7 days...

 
sedative 1985
Ethyl loflazepate
Ethyl loflazepate
Ethyl loflazepate is a drug which is a benzodiazepine derivative. It possesses anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant properties...

 
benzodiazepine 1985
Fencamfamine
Fencamfamine
Fencamfamine is a stimulant which was developed by Merck in the 1960s.-Medical uses:Fencamfamine is still used, though rarely, for treating depressive day-time fatigue, lack of concentration and lethargy, particularly in individuals who have chronic medical conditions, as its favourable safety...

 
stimulant 1971 Removed from the schedule in 1973, added to the schedule again in 1986
Fenethylline
Fenethylline
Fenethylline, also spelled phenethylline, is a synthetic prodrug used as a stimulant and marketed under the brand name Captagon.-History:...

 
stimulant 1986
Fenproporex
Fenproporex
Fenproporex is a stimulant drug of the phenethylamine and amphetamine chemical classes which was developed in the 1960s. It is used as an appetite suppressant for the treatment of obesity....

 
stimulant 1986
Fludiazepam
Fludiazepam
Fludiazepam was developed by Hoffman-LaRoche in the 1960s and is marketed in Japan and Taiwan in 0.25mg tablets under the brand name Erispan is a drug which is a benzodiazepine derivative and is closely related to diazepam. It exerts its pharmacological properties via enhancement of GABAergic...

 
benzodiazepine 1985
Flunitrazepam
Flunitrazepam
Flunitrazepam is marketed as a potent hypnotic, sedative, anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, amnestic, and skeletal muscle relaxant drug most commonly known as Rohypnol...

 
rohypnol benzodiazepine 1985
Flurazepam
Flurazepam
Flurazepam is a drug which is a benzodiazepine derivative. It possesses anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant properties. It produces a metabolite with a very long half-life , which may stay in the bloodstream for up to four days...

 
benzodiazepine 1985
gamma-Butyrolactone
Gamma-Butyrolactone
gamma-Butyrolactone is a hygroscopic colorless oily liquid with a weak characteristic odor and is soluble in water. GBL is a common solvent and reagent in chemistry and is used as an aroma compound, as a stain remover, as a superglue remover, as a paint stripper, and as a solvent in some wet...

 
GBL sedative 2009 Metabolised to GHB in the body. Classified in Dec 2009
Halazepam
Halazepam
Halazepam is a benzodiazepine derivative and is marketed under the brand names Alapryl and Pacinone It is no longer marketed in the United States. It had been marketed under the name Paxipam, but was withdrawn by its manufacturer, Schering Plough, for poor sales. It possesses anxiolytic,...

 
benzodiazepine 1985
Haloxazolam
Haloxazolam
Haloxazolam , is a drug which is a benzodiazepine derivative. It has similar hypnotic properties as the benzodiazepine drugs triazolam, temazepam, and flunitrazepam and as such is indicated for the treatment insomnia...

 
benzodiazepine 1985
4-Hydroxy-n-butyric acid
Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid
γ-Hydroxybutyric acid , also known as 4-hydroxybutanoic acid and sodium oxybate when used for medicinal purposes, is a naturally occurring substance found in the central nervous system, wine, beef, small citrus fruits, and almost all animals in small amounts. It is also categorized as an illegal...

 
GHB sedative 2003
Ketamine
Ketamine
Ketamine is a drug used in human and veterinary medicine. Its hydrochloride salt is sold as Ketanest, Ketaset, and Ketalar. Pharmacologically, ketamine is classified as an NMDA receptor antagonist...

 
ket sedative 2006
Ketazolam
Ketazolam
Ketazolam is a drug which is a benzodiazepine derivative...

 
benzodiazepine 1985
Loprazolam
Loprazolam
Loprazolam marketed under the brand names Dormonoct, Havlane, Sonin, Somnovit, is a drug which is an imidazole benzodiazepine derivative. It possesses anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant properties. It is available in 1 mg tablets...

 
benzodiazepine 1985
Lorazepam
Lorazepam
Lorazepam is a high-potency short-to-intermediate-acting 3-hydroxy benzodiazepine drug that has all five intrinsic benzodiazepine effects: anxiolytic, amnesic, sedative/hypnotic, anticonvulsant, antiemetic and muscle relaxant...

 
Ativan benzodiazepine 1985
Lormetazepam
Lormetazepam
Lormetazepam Lormetazepam Lormetazepam (INN, or methyl-lorazepam, is a drug which is a short to intermediate acting 3-hydroxy benzodiazepine derivative. It possesses hypnotic, anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant properties....

 
benzodiazepine 1985
Mazindol
Mazindol
Mazindol is a stimulant drug of the tetracyclic chemical class which is used as an anorectic. It was developed by Sandoz-Wander in the 1960s- Indications :...

 
stimulant 1985
Medazepam
Medazepam
Medazepam is a drug which is a benzodiazepine derivative. It possesses anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant properties....

 
benzodiazepine 1985
Mefenorex
Mefenorex
Mefenorex is a stimulant drug which was used as an appetite suppressant. It is an amphetamine derivative which was developed in the 1970s and used for the treatment of obesity...

 
stimulant 1986 amphetamine derivative, metabolises to amphetamine
Mephentermine
Mephentermine
Mephentermine is a cardiac stimulant. It was formerly used in Wyamine nasal decongestant inhalers and before that as a stimulant in psychiatry.It has been used as a treatment for hypotension.-References:...

 
stimulant 1971
Meprobamate
Meprobamate
Meprobamate is a carbamate derivative which is used as an anxiolytic drug...

 
sedative 1985
Mesocarb
Mesocarb
Mesocarb is a stimulant drug which was developed in the USSR in the 1970s. It has been shown to act as a dopamine reuptake inhibitor which is slower acting but longer lasting and less neurotoxic than dextroamphetamine....

 
stimulant 1998 used to counteract the effects of benzodiazepines
Methyprylone  sedative 1985
Midazolam
Midazolam
Midazolam is a short-acting drug in the benzodiazepine class developed by Hoffmann-La Roche in the 1970s. The drug is used for treatment of acute seizures, moderate to severe insomnia, and for inducing sedation and amnesia before medical procedures. It possesses profoundly potent anxiolytic,...

 
benzodiazepine 1990
Nimetazepam
Nimetazepam
Nimetazepam is an intermediate-acting hypnotic drug which is a benzodiazepine derivative. It was first synthesized by a team at Hoffmann-La Roche in 1962. It possesses hypnotic, anxiolytic, sedative, and skeletal muscle relaxant properties. Nimetazepam is also an anticonvulsant. It is sold in 5 mg...

 
benzodiazepine 1985
Nitrazepam
Nitrazepam
Nitrazepam is a type of benzodiazepine drug and is marketed in English-speaking countries under the following brand names: Alodorm, Arem, Insoma, Mogadon, Nitrados, Nitrazadon, Ormodon, Paxadorm, Remnos, and Somnite...

 
benzodiazepine 1985
Nordazepam
Nordazepam
Nordazepam , also known as desoxydemoxepam, nordiazepam and desmethyldiazepam, is a 1,4-benzodiazepine derivative. Like other benzodiazepine derivatives, it has anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, muscle relaxant and sedative properties...

 
benzodiazepine 1985
Oxazepam
Oxazepam
Oxazepam , is a drug which is a short to intermediate acting 3-hydroxy benzodiazepine derivative...

 
benzodiazepine 1985
Oxazolam
Oxazolam
Oxazolam is a drug which is a benzodiazepine derivative. It possesses anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant properties. It is a prodrug for desmethyldiazepam....

 
benzodiazepine 1985
Pemoline
Pemoline
Pemoline was first synthesized in 1913 but it's activity was not discovered until the 1930s. Under the names it was used as a medication used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy. Under the Convention on Psychotropic Substances, it is a Schedule IV drug...

 
stimulant 1989
Phendimetrazine
Phendimetrazine
Phendimetrazine is a stimulant drug of the morpholine chemical class used as an appetite suppressant....

 
stimulant 1971
Phentermine
Phentermine
Phentermine, a contraction of "phenyl-tertiary-butylamine", is a psychostimulant drug of the phenethylamine class, chemically related to amphetamine. It is used medically as an appetite suppressant....

 
stimulant 1985
Pinazepam
Pinazepam
Pinazepam is a drug which is a benzodiazepine. It possesses anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant properties....

 
benzodiazepine 1985
Pipradrol
Pipradrol
Pipradrol is a mild central nervous system stimulant that is no longer widely used in most countries due to concerns about its abuse potential, although this is less of a problem than with other stimulants that still are in current use such as methylphenidate...

 
stimulant 1971
Propylhexedrine
Propylhexedrine
Propylhexedrine is a stimulant drug related to methamphetamine. It is used mainly to provide temporary symptomatic relief of nasal congestion due to colds, allergies and allergic rhinitis...

stimulant 1971 legalised in 1995
Prazepam
Prazepam
Prazepam is a benzodiazepine derivative drug developed by Warner-Lambert in the 1960s. It possesses anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant properties. Prazepam is a prodrug for desmethyldiazepam which is an active metabolite of prazepam...

 
benzodiazepine 1985
Pyrovalerone
Pyrovalerone
Pyrovalerone is a psychoactive drug with stimulant effects via acting as a norepinephrine-dopamine reuptake inhibitor , and is used for the clinical treatment of chronic fatigue or lethargy and as an anorectic or appetite suppressant for weight loss purposes...

 
stimulant 1986
Temazepam
Temazepam
Temazepam is an intermediate-acting 3-hydroxy benzodiazepine. It is mostly prescribed for the short-term treatment of sleeplessness in patients who have difficulty maintaining sleep...

 
benzodiazepine 1985 becomes class A when prepared for injection
Tetrazepam
Tetrazepam
Tetrazepam is a benzodiazepine derivative with anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, hypnotic and muscle relaxant properties...

 
benzodiazepine 1985
Triazolam
Triazolam
Triazolam is a benzodiazepine drug. It possesses pharmacological properties similar to that of other benzodiazepines, but it is generally only used as a sedative to treat severe insomnia...

 
benzodiazepine 1985
N-Ethylamphetamine  stimulant 1986
Zolpidem
Zolpidem
Zolpidem is a prescription medication used for the short-term treatment of insomnia, as well as some brain disorders. It is a short-acting nonbenzodiazepine hypnotic of the imidazopyridine class that potentiates gamma-aminobutyric acid , an inhibitory neurotransmitter, by binding to GABAA...

 
Ambien nonbenzodiazepine
Nonbenzodiazepine
The nonbenzodiazepines, also called benzodiazepine-like drugs, are a class of psychoactive drugs pharmacologically resembling the benzodiazepines, with similar benefits, side effects and risks, despite having dissimilar or entirely different chemical structures.-Classes:There are currently three...

 
2003

N.B. Sub-paragraphs (b), (c), (d) and (e) all refer to anabolic steroid
Anabolic steroid
Anabolic steroids, technically known as anabolic-androgen steroids or colloquially simply as "steroids", are drugs that mimic the effects of testosterone and dihydrotestosterone in the body. They increase protein synthesis within cells, which results in the buildup of cellular tissue ,...

s that were banned in 1996 (unless referenced otherwise)
:


(b)

  • 4-Androstene-3, 17-dione
  • 5-Androstene-3, 17-diol
  • Atamestane
    Atamestane
    Atamestane is an aromatase inhibitor that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. Atamestane blocks the production of the hormone estrogen in the body.It is selective.-References:...

  • Bolandiol
  • Bolasterone
    Bolasterone
    Bolasterone is a 17-alpha-alkylated anabolic steroid. It has close structural similarity to testosterone, and like methyltestosterone has a methyl group at C17 in order to increase oral bioavailability. In addition, it is also 7a-methylated, similar to its 7ß-methylated isomer Calusterone....

  • Bolazine
    Bolazine
    Bolazine is an anabolic steroid....

  • Boldenone
    Boldenone
    Boldenone , also known under the trade names Equipoise, Ganabol, Equigan and Ultragan, is an anabolic steroid developed for veterinary use, mostly for treatment of horses...

  • Bolenol
    Bolenol
    Bolenol is an anabolic steroid....

  • Bolmantalate
  • Calusterone
    Calusterone
    Calusterone is an anabolic steroid. It is a 17-alpha alkylated steroid similar in structure to Bolasterone ....

  • 4-Chloromethandienone
  • Clostebol
    Clostebol
    Clostebol , usually as the ester clostebol acetate, is a synthetic anabolic androgenic steroid. Clostebol is the 4-chloro derivative of the natural hormone testosterone....

  • Drostanolone
    Drostanolone
    Drostanolone is an anabolic steroid. Its main medical applications are to lower cholesterol levels, and as an antineoplastic agent in the treatment of some cancers. It is most commonly marketed as the ester drostanolone propionate .Ringold, H. J.; Batres, E.; Halpern, O.; Necoechea, E.; J. Amer....


  • Enestebol
    Enestebol
    Enestebol is an anabolic steroid....

  • Epitiostanol
    Epitiostanol
    Epitiostanol is an anabolic steroid. A 17α-alkylated version, Methylepitiostanol, is sold as a dietary supplement under the brand name Epistane....

  • Ethyloestrenol
  • Fluoxymesterone
    Fluoxymesterone
    Fluoxymesterone is an anabolic steroid with strong androgenic properties that has been used in the treatment of male hypogonadism, delayed puberty in males, and in the treatment of breast neoplasms in women. It is approximately 5 times as potent as methyltestosterone...

  • Formebolone
    Formebolone
    Formebolone is an anabolic steroid....

  • Furazabol
    Furazabol
    Furazabol is a derivative of the anabolic steroid stanozolol. It differs from stanozolol by having a furazan ring system in place of the pyrazole...

  • Mebolazine
    Mebolazine
    Mebolazine is an anabolic steroid....

  • Mepitiostane
    Mepitiostane
    Mepitiostane is an anabolic steroid. It is purported to also have anti-estrogen properties....

  • Mesabolone
    Mesabolone
    Mesabolone is an anabolic steroid....

  • Mestanolone
    Mestanolone
    Mestanolone is the 17α-methylated version of dihydrotestosterone . The systematic name of mestanolone is: 17β-hydroxy-17α-methylandrost-3-one. It is an orally bioavailable androgenic steroid that is highly androgenic while only slightly anabolic...

  • Mesterolone
    Mesterolone
    Mesterolone is an orally applicable androgen, and DHT derivative. It is sold under the brand name Proviron, by Schering. In the late 70's and early 80's it was used with some success in controlled studies of men suffering from various forms of depression....

  • Methandienone
  • Methandriol
    Methandriol
    Methandriol is an androstenediol....


  • Methenolone
  • Methyltestosterone
    Methyltestosterone
    Methyltestosterone is a 17-alpha-alkylated anabolic steroid used to treat men with a testosterone deficiency. It is also used in women to treat breast cancer, breast pain, swelling due to pregnancy, and with the addition of estrogen it can treat symptoms of menopause...

  • Metribolone
    Metribolone
    Metribolone, is a potent, non-aromatizable androgen which has also been used as a photoaffinity label for the androgen receptor...

  • Mibolerone
    Mibolerone
    Mibolerone is a potent anabolic steroid which is both higher affinity and more selective for the androgen receptor than metribolone.http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=GiUgAAAAEBAJ&dq=3341557...

  • Nandrolone
    Nandrolone
    Nandrolone is an anabolic steroid that may be present naturally in the human body, albeit in minute quantities of less than 0.4 ng/ml. Nandrolone is most commonly sold commercially as its decanoate ester and less commonly as a phenylpropionate ester...

  • 19-Nor-4-Androstene-3, 17-dione
  • 19-Nor-5-Androstene-3, 17-diol
  • Norboletone
  • Norclostebol
    Norclostebol
    Norclostebol is an anabolic steroid....

  • Norethandrolone
    Norethandrolone
    Norethandrolone is an anabolic steroid....

  • Ovandrotone
  • Oxabolone
  • Oxandrolone
    Oxandrolone
    Oxandrolone is a drug created by Raphael Pappo while at Searle Laboratories, now Pfizer Inc. under the trademark Anavar, and introduced into the US in 1964....


  • Oxymesterone
    Oxymesterone
    Oxymesterone is an anabolic steroid....

  • Oxymetholone
    Oxymetholone
    Oxymetholone is a synthetic anabolic steroid developed in 1960 by Zoltan 'Anadrol Z' F. Its primary clinical applications include treatment of osteoporosis and anaemia, as well as stimulating muscle growth in undernourished or underdeveloped patients. The drug was approved for human use by the FDA...

  • Prasterone
  • Propetandrol
    Propetandrol
    Propetandrol is an anabolic steroid....

  • Quinbolone
    Quinbolone
    Quinbolone is an anabolic steroid with weak androgenic effects. It was developed by Parke-Davis in an attempt to create a viable orally-administered anabolic steroid with little or no liver toxicity....

  • Roxibolone
    Roxibolone
    Roxibolone is an anabolic steroid....

  • Silandrone
    Silandrone
    Silandrone is an anabolic steroid....

  • Stanolone
  • Stanozolol
    Stanozolol
    Stanozolol, commonly sold under the name Winstrol , Tenabol and Winstrol Depot , was developed by Winthrop Laboratories in 1962...

  • Stenbolone
    Stenbolone
    Stenbolone is an anabolic steroid. It is structurally similar to 1-Testosterone....

  • Testosterone
    Testosterone
    Testosterone is a steroid hormone from the androgen group and is found in mammals, reptiles, birds, and other vertebrates. In mammals, testosterone is primarily secreted in the testes of males and the ovaries of females, although small amounts are also secreted by the adrenal glands...

  • Thiomesterone
  • Trenbolone
    Trenbolone
    Trenbolone is a steroid used by veterinarians on livestock to increase muscle growth and appetite. To increase its effective half-life, trenbolone is not used in an unrefined form, but is rather administered as ester derivatives such as trenbolone acetate, trenbolone enanthate or trenbolone...


(c)
any compound (not being Trilostane
Trilostane
Trilostane is an inhibitor of 3 β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase used in the treatment of Cushing's syndrome.It was withdrawn from human use in the United States market in April 1994. The drug is available in the United Kingdom for use in humans under the brand name Modrenal and is used for treatment...

 or a compound for the time being specified in sub-paragraph (b) above) structurally derived from 17-hydroxyandrostan-3-one or from 17-hydroxyestran-3-one by modification in any of the following ways, that is to say,
(i) by further substitution at position 17 by a methyl or ethyl
Ethyl
Ethyl may refer to:* Ethyl group, a functional group in organic chemistry* Ethyl Corporation, a fuel additive company* Ethanol, also known as ethyl alcohol* Cold Ethyl, a rock band founded by Nicke Andersson...

 group;
(ii) by substitution to any extent at one or more of positions 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11 or 16, but at no other position;
(iii) by unsaturation in the carbocyclic ring system to any extent, provided that there are no more than two ethylenic bonds in any one carbocyclic ring;
(iv) by fusion of ring A with a heterocyclic system;

(d)
any substance which is an ester
Ester
Esters are chemical compounds derived by reacting an oxoacid with a hydroxyl compound such as an alcohol or phenol. Esters are usually derived from an inorganic acid or organic acid in which at least one -OH group is replaced by an -O-alkyl group, and most commonly from carboxylic acids and...

 or ether
Ether
Ethers are a class of organic compounds that contain an ether group — an oxygen atom connected to two alkyl or aryl groups — of general formula R–O–R'. A typical example is the solvent and anesthetic diethyl ether, commonly referred to simply as "ether"...

 (or, where more than one hydroxyl function is available, both an ester and an ether) of a substance specified in sub-paragraph (b) or described in sub-paragraph (c) above;

(e)
  • Chorionic gonadotropin
  • Clenbuterol
    Clenbuterol
    Clenbuterol is a sympathomimetic amine used by sufferers of breathing disorders as a decongestant and bronchodilator. People with chronic breathing disorders such as asthma use this as a bronchodilator to make breathing easier...

  • Non-human chorionic gonadotrophin
  • Somatropin
  • Somatrem
    Somatrem
    Somatrem is an analogue of growth hormone.-References:...

  • Somatropin


(f)
1–benzylpiperazine or any compound (not being 1–(3–chlorophenyl)piperazine or 1–(3–chlorophenyl)–4–(3–chloropropyl)piperazine) structurally derived from 1–benzylpiperazine or 1–phenylpiperazine by modification in any of the following ways

(i)
by substitution at the second nitrogen atom of the piperazine ring with alkyl, benzyl, haloalkyl or phenyl groups;

(ii)
by substitution in the aromatic ring to any extent with alkyl, alkoxy, alkylenedioxy, halide or haloalkyl groups;

2. Any stereoisomeric form of a substance for the time being specified in paragraph 1 of this Part of this Schedule [not being phenylpropanolamine
Phenylpropanolamine
Phenylpropanolamine , also known as the stereoisomers norephedrine and norpseudoephedrine, is a psychoactive drug of the phenethylamine and amphetamine chemical classes which is used as a stimulant, decongestant, and anorectic agent. It is commonly used in prescription and over-the-counter cough...

.]

3. Any salt
Salt
In chemistry, salts are ionic compounds that result from the neutralization reaction of an acid and a base. They are composed of cations and anions so that the product is electrically neutral...

of a substance for the time being specified in paragraph 1 or 2 of this Part of this Schedule.

4. Any preparation or other product containing a substance for the time being specified in any of paragraphs 1 to 3 of this Part of this Schedule.

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