Poisons Standard 2010
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SCHEDULE 8
(Substances marked # are subject to additional controls - see Appendix D)
ACETYLDIHYDROCODEINE.
ACETYLMETHADOL.
ACETYLMORPHINES.
ALFENTANIL.
ALPHACETYLMETHADOL.
ALPHAPRODINE.
AMPHETAMINE.
AMYLOBARBITONE except when included in Schedule 4.
ANILERIDINE.
BENZYLMORPHINE.
BEZITRAMIDE.
BUPRENORPHINE.
BUTOBARBITONE.
BUTORPHANOL.
CARFENTANYL.
COCAINE.
CODEINE except when included in Schedule 2, 3 or 4.
CODEINE-N-OXIDE.
CONCENTRATE OF POPPY STRAW (the material arising when poppy straw has entered into a process for concentration of its alkaloids).
4-CYANO-1-METHYL-4-PHENYLPIPERIDINE (Pethidine intermediate A).
CYCLOBARBITONE.
DEXAMPHETAMINE.
DEXTROMORAMIDE.
DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE except when included in Schedule 4.
DIFENOXIN except when included in Schedule 4.
DIHYDROCODEINE except when included in Schedule 2, 3 or 4.
DIHYDROMORPHINE.
SCHEDULE 8 – continued
DIPHENOXYLATE except when included in Schedule 3 or 4.
DIPIPANONE.
# DRONABINOL (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol) when prepared and packed for therapeutic use.
DROTEBANOL.
ETHYLAMPHETAMINE.
ETHYLMORPHINE except when included in Schedule 2 or 4.
FENTANYL.
FLUNITRAZEPAM.
HYDROCODONE.
HYDROMORPHINOL.
HYDROMORPHONE.
KETAMINE.
LEVAMPHETAMINE.
LEVOMETHAMPHETAMINE.
LEVOMORAMIDE.
LEVORPHANOL (excluding its stereoisomers).
METHADONE.
METHYLAMPHETAMINE.
METHYLDIHYDROMORPHINE.
METHYLPHENIDATE.
1-METHYL-4-PHENYLPIPERIDINE-4-CARBOXYLIC ACID (Pethidine intermediate C).
MORPHINE.
MORPHINE METHOBROMIDE.
MORPHINE-N-OXIDE.
NABILONE.
# NABIXIMOLS (botanical extract of Cannabis sativa which includes the following cannabinoids: tetrahydrocannabinol, cannabidiol, cannabinol, cannabigerol, cannabichromene, cannabidiolic acid, tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, tetrahydrocannabivarol, and cannabidivarol, where tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol (in approximately equal proportions) comprise not less than 90 per cent of the total cannabinoid content) in a buccal spray for human therapeutic use.