What are s4 drugs Qld?

Dangerous drugs are defined (s 4 Drugs Misuse Act) as those drugs and plants listed in sch 1 and 2 of the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 (Qld) (Regulation) and divided into two categories….This category includes:

  • cannabis.
  • methadone.
  • opium.
  • barbiturates.
  • benzodiazepines (e.g. valium and serepax).

What is a schedule 4r drug Australia?

Appendix D of the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2008 (Regulation) lists Schedule 4 substances (prescription-only medicines) that have common therapeutic uses, but are also liable to abuse, misuse and diversion, warranting more stringent controls on possession and supply.

What is the drugs and Poisons Act?

The Act and Regulations 2017 prohibit and regulate the possession and use of medicines and poisons in Victoria. Under these laws, the department: issues licences and permits, to limit the manufacture, supply and use of medicines and poisons to those people who are properly trained and equipped.

What are s8 drugs Qld?

Schedule 8 drugs are ‘poisons to which the restrictions recommended for drugs of dependence by the 1980 Australian Royal Commission of Inquiry into Drugs should apply’. These include morphine, hydromorphine, pethidine, methadone, codeine phosphate and oxycodone.

What are Schedule 2 drugs in Queensland?

Schedule 2 drugs are less serious and include, but are not limited to:

  • Cannabis.
  • Codeine.
  • Psilocybin (Mushrooms)
  • Opium.
  • Oxycodone.

What are S4 and S8 drugs?

New South Wales NSW legislation refers to S2 as “medicinal poisons”, S3 as “potent substances”, S4 as “restricted substances” and S8 as “drugs of addiction”.

What are Schedule 2 poisons?

Schedule 2 Substances which are dangerous to life if misused or carelessly handled, but which should be available to the public for therapeutic use or other purposes without undue restriction.

What is a schedule 6 poison?

Schedule 6 poisons are substances with a moderate potential for causing harm, the extent of which can be reduced through the use of distinctive packaging with strong warnings and safety directions on the label.

What is the Poisons Act Australia?

This legislation is designed to protect the health and welfare of members of the NSW community. It imposes limitations on the use of many potent medicines, drugs and poisons by restricting their distribution, prescription and/or administration to appropriately qualified and authorised persons.

What is a Schedule 4 poison Australia?

Schedule 4, Appendix D (S4D) refers to Prescription Only Medicines that do not have sufficient addictiveness or risk of abuse to be classified as S8, but for which a significant addiction/abuse risk exists. As such, S4D drugs are subject to additional prescription and recording requirements over S4.

What are Schedule 1 drugs Qld?

Schedule 1, Part 1 drugs include:

  • heroin.
  • cocaine.
  • amphetamine.
  • methlyamphetamine (commonly known as ice, or crystal meth)
  • phencyclidine (commonly known as angel dust)
  • lysergide (commonly known as LSD)
  • methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy)

What are Schedule 8 drugs Australia?

Schedule 8 poisons (labelled ‘Controlled Drug’) are medicines with strict legislative controls, including opioid analgesics – for example, pethidine, fentanyl, morphine (MS-Contin®, Kapanol®), oxycodone (OxyContin®, Endone®), methadone (Physeptone®) and buprenorphine.

What are Schedule 7 poisons?

Highly dangerous Schedule 7 poisons

  • arsenic.
  • cyanides.
  • fluoroacetamide.
  • fluoroacetic acid.
  • hydrocyanic acid.
  • strychnine.
  • thallium.

What is a Schedule 3 drug Australia?

Schedule 3 are substances and preparations for therapeutic use which are substantially safe in use but require pharmacist advice, management or monitoring. The use of Schedule 3 only require initial medical diagnosis and do not require close medical management.

What is a schedule 9 drug in Australia?

Schedule 9 (prohibited substances) includes many illicit drugs such as: heroin. cannabis. synthetic cannabinoids. MDMA (ecstasy).

What are the 5 main drug categories?

Here are the five main categories and some information about each:

  • Central nervous system depressants.
  • Central nervous system stimulants.
  • Opiates and Opiodes.
  • Hallucinogens.
  • Marijuana.

What is a Schedule 2 drug Australia?

Schedule 2 are substances and preparations for therapeutic use which are substantially safe in use but where advice or counseling is available if necessary. Medical diagnosis or management is not required prior to provision of Pharmacy Medicines.