Home Office Declares Mephedrone Illegal Drug As Of 16 April 2010
Following the completion of the parliamentary process today, mephedrone and other cathinone derivatives will become illegal as Class B drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, with effect from 00.01 on 16 April 2010.
Class B drugs carry a maximum prison sentence of five years for possession and a maximum prison sentence of 14 years for supplying and other trafficking offences.
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drug’s report consideration of the cathinones is available at
http://drugs.homeoffice.gov.uk/publication-search/acmd/ACMD-cathinones-report.html.
The cathinones derivatives controlled as Class B drugs have been added to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 via a generic
definition which covers a wide range of cathinone derivatives including:
- 4-Methylmethcathinone (mephedrone)
- 4-Methoxymethcathinone (bk-PMMA/ methedrone)
- 3-Fluoromethcathinone
- 2-Methylamino-1-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)propan-1-one (bk-MDMA/methylone)
- 2-Methylamino-1-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)butan-1-one (bk-MBDB/butylone)
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