2001 No. 3932
DANGEROUS DRUGS

The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Modification) Order 2001

Made
Coming into force

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th day of December 2001

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament on the recommendation of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs and has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 2(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 19711, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

1.

This Order may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Modification) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st February 2002.

2.

(1)

Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 19712 (which specifies the drugs which are subject to control under that Act) shall be amended as follows.

(2)

After sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph 1 of Part I of that Schedule there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—

“(ba)

the following phenethylamine derivatives, namely:—

  • Allyl(α-methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyphenethyl)amine

  • 2-Amino-1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-methylphenyl)ethanol

  • 2-Amino-1-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)ethanol

  • Benzyl(α-methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyphenethyl)amine

  • 4-Bromo-β,2,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine

  • N-(4-sec-Butylthio-2,5-dimethoxyphenethyl)hydroxylamine

  • Cyclopropylmethyl(α-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

  • α,α-Dimethyl-3,4-methylenedioxyphenethylamine

  • α,α-Dimethyl-3,4-methylenedioxyphenethyl(methyl)amine

  • Dimethyl(α-methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyphenethyl)amine

  • N-(4-Ethylthio-2,5-dimethoxyphenethyl)hydroxylamine

  • 4-Iodo-2,5-dimethoxy-α-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(α-methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyphenethyl)amine

  • 2-(5-Methoxy-2-methyl-2,3-dihydrobenzo[b]furan-6-yl)-1-methylethylamine

  • β-Methoxy-3,4-methylenedioxyphenethylamine

  • 1-(3,4-Methylenedioxybenzyl)butyl(ethyl)amine

  • 1-(3,4-Methylenedioxybenzyl)butyl(methyl)amine

  • 2-(α-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyphenethylamino)ethanol

  • α-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyphenethyl(prop-2-ynyl)amine

  • N-Methyl-N-(α-methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyphenethyl)hydroxylamine

  • O-Methyl-N-(α-methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyphenethyl)hydroxylamine

  • α-Methyl-4-(methylthio)phenethylamine

  • β,3,4,5-Tetramethoxyphenethylamine

  • β,2,5-Trimethoxy-4-methylphenethylamine;”.

(3)

In paragraph 1(a) of Part II of that Schedule after the word “Methylamphetamine” there shall be inserted the word “α-Methylphenethylhydroxylamine;”.

A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order adds thirty-six substances to Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 which specifies drugs which are subject to control under the Act. The thirty-six substances are phenethylamine derivatives which are not covered by the definition in paragraph 1(c) of Part I of Schedule 2 to the 1971 Act. Thirty-five of the substances are added as Class A drugs; and α-Methylphenethylhydroxylamine is added as a Class B drug.