Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 - List of Controlled Drugs

List of Controlled Drugs

The Act sets out four separate categories: Class A, Class B, Class C and temporary class drugs. Substances may be removed and added to different parts of the schedule by statutory instrument, provided a report of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has been commissioned and has reached a conclusion, although the Secretary of State is not bound by the council's findings.

  • Class A includes heroin, cocaine, crack, MDMA ("ecstasy"), methamphetamine, LSD and psilocybin mushrooms
  • Class B includes amphetamine, cannabis, codeine, and methylphenidate Any class B drug that is prepared for injections becomes a class A substance.
  • Class C includes GHB, ketamine, diazepam, flunitrazepam and most other tranquillisers, sleeping tablets and benzodiazepines as well as anabolic steroids.
  • Methoxetamine is currently a temporary class drug, the first to be so.

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