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These drugs are known in the UK as controlled drug, because this is the term by which the act itself refers to them. In more general terms, however, many of these drugs are also controlled by the Medicines Act 1968, there are many other drugs which are controlled by the Medicines Act but not by the Misuse of Drugs Act, and some other drugs (alcohol, for example) are controlled by other laws.
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 punishments. Class C represents those thought to have the least capacity for harm, and so the Act demands more lenient punishment. In reality the potential harm has little bearing on the class,[1] which has led to dissatisfaction with drug laws.[2]
Being found in possession of a drug on this list is dealt with less seriously than would be if it were deemed that there is intent to supply (even without payment) the drug to others. Possession with intent to supply carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
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 considered by the government to have 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 is a Class A drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, 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, 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. This list has in practice been modified a great number of times, sometimes removing substances, but more commonly adding some; for example, many benzodiazepines became Class C drugs in 1985, and many cathinones became Class B drugs in 2010.
Glossary of terminology used in this list
anabolic steroids – hormones that build muscle tissue |
Class A drugs
1. The following substances, namely:—[3][non-primary source needed]
(a)
Name as specified in the Act |
Brand or street name |
Drug type | Year added |
Notes and comments |
---|---|---|---|---|
Acetorphine | opioid | 1971 | primarily used to sedate elephants, giraffes and rhinos | |
Alfentanil | 1984 | |||
Allylprodine | 1971 | |||
Alphacetylmethadol | synthetic | |||
Alphameprodine | ||||
Alphamethadol | ||||
Alphaprodine | ||||
Anileridine | ||||
Benzethidine | ||||
Benzylmorphine | ||||
Betacetylmethadol | ||||
Betameprodine | ||||
Betamethadol | ||||
Betaprodine | ||||
Bezitramide | Burgodin | |||
Bufotenin | Toad skin toxin | tryptamine | found in the skins of psychoactive toads, especially Bufo alvarius | |
Carfentanil | Wildnil | opioid | 1986 | Strongest known opioid; 10,000 times more potent than morphine, 100 times more potent than fentanyl. Used as a tranquilliser for large game (elephants etc.). |
Clonitazene | 1971 | |||
Coca leaf | Erythroxylum | the plant from which cocaine is derived | ||
Cocaine | Coke, Crack, Rock, Girl, Charlie, Sniff, Snow, Packet, Blow, Whiff, Gear, Bugle, Toot, Bag, The Devil's Dandruff, Marching Powder | Tropane alkaloid | ||
Desomorphine | Krokodil (Russian for crocodile) | opioid | Primarily used in Russia and Ukraine. Its full chemical name is dihydrodesoxymorphine, and is a 3,6 diester salt of morphine | |
Dextromoramide | Palfium | |||
Diampromide | ||||
Diethylthiambutene | ||||
Difenoxin | Roskies | 1975 | ||
Dihydrocodeinone O-carboxymethyloxime | 1971 | |||
Dihydroetorphine | opioid (see notes) | 2003 | Semi-synthetic opioid; derivative of etorphine[4] | |
Dihydromorphine | Paramorphan | opioid | 1971 | |
Dimenoxadol | ||||
Dimepheptanol | an analogue of methadone | |||
Dimethylthiambutene | ||||
Dioxaphetyl butyrate | ||||
Diphenoxylate | ||||
Dipipanone | ||||
Drotebanol | 1973 | |||
Ecgonine | precursor | 1971 | "and any derivative of ecgonine which is convertible to ecgonine or to cocaine" | |
Ethylmethylthiambutene | opioid | |||
Eticyclidine | arylcyclohexylamine | 1984 | ||
Etonitazene | opioid | 1971 | ||
Etorphine | 1,000–3,000 times more potent than morphine, veterinary use only for large game | |||
Etoxeridine | ||||
Etryptamine | Tryptamine | 1998 | [5] | |
Fentanyl | Actiq, Duragesic, Sublimaze | opioid | 1971 | Approximately 100 times the strength of morphine |
Furethidine | ||||
Hydrocodone | Vicodin, Norco, Lortab | |||
Hydromorphinol | ||||
Hydromorphone | Dilaudid, Palladone, Hymorphan, drug store heroin | |||
Hydroxypethidine | ||||
Isomethadone | Simple positional isomer of Methadone | |||
Ketobemidone | ||||
Levomethorphan | ||||
Levomoramide | the totally inactive isomer of dextromoramide | |||
Levophenacylmorphan | ||||
Levorphanol | Levo-Dromoran | |||
Lofentanil | 1986 | |||
Lysergamide | ergoline | 1971 | a precursor to LSD | |
Lysergic acid diethylamide | LSD, acid | "Lysergide and other N-alkyl derivatives of lysergamide" | ||
Mescaline | Mescal | phenethylamine | found naturally in types of cactus; cacti themselves not illegal | |
MDMA | MD, Ecstasy (abbreviated E, X, or XTC), Molly (US), or Mandy (UK) | 1977 | not specifically named but covered by the ban of alkylenedioxy-substituted phenethylamines | |
MDA | not specifically named but covered by the ban of alkylenedioxy-substituted phenethylamines | |||
Metazocine | opioid | 1971 | ||
Methadone | Methadose, Dolophine | used in opioid replacement therapy to treat addiction | ||
Methadyl acetate | used in treating opioid addiction, structurally related to methadone | |||
Methamphetamine | Desoxyn, Crystal Meth, Meth, Ice, Glass, Tina, Crank, Gak, and others | stimulant | 2006 | moved from class B to class A in 2006[6] |
Methyldesorphine | opioid | 1971 | ||
Methyldihydromorphine | ||||
Metopon | ||||
Morphine | MS, Dope, Hard Stuff, Miss Emma, Junk, Mister Blue, God's drug, Dreamer | Derivative of the opium poppy and powerful narcotic painkiller | ||
Morphine diacetate | H, Heroin, Smack, Dope, Boy, Junk, Black Tar, Skag, Hero | 3,6 diester salt of morphine, Morphine prodrug | ||
Morphine methobromide | "morphine N-oxide and other pentavalent nitrogen morphine derivatives" | |||
Myrophine | ||||
Nicomorphine | 3,6 diester salt of morphine | |||
Noracymethadol | ||||
Norlevorphanol | ||||
Normethadone | ||||
Normorphine | ||||
Norpipanone | Hexalgon | methadol | ||
Opium | Laudanum, Pantopon | opioid mixture | milky secretion of the opium poppy – banned "whether raw, prepared or medicinal" | |
Oxycodone | OxyContin, Percocet | opioid | Widely used strong pain killer | |
Oxymorphone | Numorphan, Opana | |||
Pethidine | Meperidine, Demerol, Dolantine | |||
Phenadoxone | ||||
Phenampromide | ||||
Phenazocine | Discontinued in 2001 | |||
Phencyclidine | Angel Dust, PCP | arylcyclohexylamine | 1979 | |
Phenomorphan | opioid | 1971 | ||
Phenoperidine | ||||
Piminodine | ||||
Piritramide | Dipidolor | |||
Poppy-straw | Papaver somniferum | "Poppy-straw and concentrate of poppy-straw." | ||
Proheptazine | opioid | |||
Properidine | ||||
Psilocin | Tryptamine | Psychoactive ingredient found in most psychedelic mushrooms; includes the prodrug psilocybin. | ||
Psilocybin mushroom | Magic Mushrooms, Shrooms | fungi | 2005 | "Fungus (of any kind) that contains psilocin or an ester of psilocin."[7] |
Racemethorphan | opioid mixture | 1971 | Racemic mixture of Dextromethorphan (DXM) and Levomethorphan | |
Racemoramide | ||||
Racemorphan | ||||
Remifentanil | opioid | 2003 | [4] Strong painkiller; cannot be used without plasma infusion equipment | |
Rolicyclidine | PCPy | arylcyclohexylamine | 1984 | Very similar to phencyclidine (PCP) |
Sufentanil | Sufenta | opioid | 1983 | |
Tenocyclidine | TCP | arylcyclohexylamine | 1984 | Very similar to phencyclidine (PCP), but considerably more potent |
Tapentadol | Nucynta | opioid | 2009 | Dual action as a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor |
Thebacon | Acedicone | 1971 | ||
Thebaine | ||||
Tilidate | Valtran | 1983 | ||
Trimeperidine | 1971 | |||
2,5-Dimethoxy-4-bromoamphetamine | DOB | phenethylamine | 1975 | a drug of the DOx family |
4-Cyano-2-dimethylamino-4,4-diphenylbutane | opioid (see note) | 1971 | Methadone intermediate | |
4-Cyano-1-methyl-4-phenyl-piperidine | Intermediate chemical in generation of the opioid, Pethidine | |||
N,N-Diethyltryptamine | DET, T-9 | tryptamine | ||
N,N-Dimethyltryptamine | DMT, Changa | Intense psychedelic drug | ||
2,5-Dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine | DOM | phenethylamine | a drug of the DOx family. | |
N-Hydroxy-tenamphetamine | MDOH | stimulant | 1990 | |
1-Methyl-4-phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylic acid | Pethidinic acid | precursor | 1971 | |
2-Methyl-3-morpholino-1,1-diphenylpropanecarboxylic acid | opioid (see notes) | Converted in the body into the opioid Moramide | ||
4-Methyl-aminorex | Ice | stimulant | 1990 | |
4-Methyl-5-(4-methylphenyl)-4,5-dihydrooxazol-2-amine | Serotoni, 4,4'-DMAR | 2015[8][9] | ||
1-Cyclohexyl-4-(1,2-diphenylethyl)piperazine | MT-45 | opioid | ||
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.[10]
(b) any compound (not being a compound for the time being specified in sub-paragraph (a) above) structurally derived from tryptamine or from a ring-hydroxy tryptamine by modification in any of the following ways, that is to say—[11]
- (i) by substitution at the nitrogen atom of the sidechain to any extent with alkyl or alkenyl substituents, or by inclusion of the nitrogen atom of the side chain (and no other atoms of the side chain) in a cyclic structure;
- (ii) by substitution at the carbon atom adjacent to the nitrogen atom of the side chain with alkyl or alkenyl substituents;
- (iii) by substitution in the 6-membered ring to any extent with alkyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl, thioalkyl, alkylenedioxy, or halide substituents;
- (iv) by substitution at the 2-position of the tryptamine ring system with an alkyl substituent;
(ba) the following phenethylamine derivatives, namely:—[12][13]
- 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-dihydrobenzofuran-6-yl)-1-methylethylamine
- 2-Methoxyethyl(a-methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyphenethyl)amine
- 2-(5-Methoxy-2-methyl-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-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 or a compound for the time being specified in sub-paragraph (a) above) structurally derived from phenethylamine an N-alkylphenethylamine, a methylphenethylamine, an N-alkyl-α-methylphenethylamine, an ethylphenethylamine, or an N-alkyl-α-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,
- (i) by replacement of the phenyl portion of the phenethyl group by any heteromonocycle whether or not further substituted in the heterocycle;
- (ii) by substitution in the phenethyl group with alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, hydroxy, halogeno, haloalkyl, amino or nitro groups;
- (iii) by substitution in the piperidine ring with alkyl or alkenyl groups;
- (iv) by substitution in the aniline ring with alkyl, alkoxy, alkylenedioxy, halogeno or haloalkyl groups;
- (v) by substitution at the 4-position of the piperidine ring with any alkoxycarbonyl or alkoxyalkyl or acyloxy group;
- (vi) 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 by modification in any of the following ways, that is to say,
- (i) by replacement of the 1-methyl group by an acyl, alkyl whether or not unsaturated, benzyl or phenethyl group, whether or not further substituted;
- (ii) by substitution in the piperidine ring with alkyl or alkenyl groups or with a propano bridge, whether or not further substituted;
- (iii) by substitution in the 4-phenyl ring with alkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, halogeno or haloalkyl groups;
- (iv) by replacement of the 4-ethoxycarbonyl by any other alkoxycarbonyl or any alkoxyalkyl or acyloxy group;
- (v) by formation of an N-oxide or of a quaternary base.
(f) any compound (not being benzyl(α-methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyphenethyl)amine) structurally derived from mescaline, 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxy-α-methylphenethylamine, 2,5-dimethoxy-α,4-dimethylphenethylamine, N-hydroxytenamphetamine (N-hydroxy-MDA), or a compound specified in sub-paragraph (ba) or (c) above, by substitution at the nitrogen atom of the amino group with a benzyl substituent, whether or not substituted in the phenyl ring of the benzyl group to any extent.”.
2. Any stereoisomeric form of a substance for the time being specified in paragraph 1 above not being dextromethorphan or dextrorphan.
3. Any ester or ether of a substance for the time being specified in paragraph 1 or 2 above .
4. Any salt 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 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:—[3][non-primary source needed]
(a)
Name as specified in the Act |
Brand or street name |
Drug type |
Year added |
Notes and comments |
---|---|---|---|---|
Acetyldihydrocodeine | opioid | 1971 | ||
Amphetamine | Adderall, Speed | stimulant | ||
Codeine | Purple drank, Lean, Wock | opioid | legal without prescription in quantities of up to 12.8 mg per dosage unit or 15 mg/5 ml in oral solution and only in combination with other drug. UK Codeine law | |
Cannabinol and derivatives | cannabinoid, psychoactive | 2009 | downgraded from class A to class C in 2004[14] and upgraded to class B in 2009[15] (Legalised for medicinal use in July 2018, and law excludes cannabidiol entirely) | |