Sentences with phrase «psychoactive substances act»

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The Psychoactive Substances Act was supposed to regulate synthetic drug production in New Zealand by making manufacturers prove their products were safe — but the rushed policy hindered the original goal, finds a new study from Massey University.

The Psychoactive Substances Act is a failure.

The quite insane world of the Psychoactive Substances Act is about to become real and it looks like it'll be exactly the Dangerous Dogs Act disaster we expected it to be.

Since the introduction of the Psychoactive Substances Act, another problem has arisen.

Remember that even before the introduction of the Psychoactive Substances Act, some if not most CBD products were already very likely being sold without the license required by law.

As was much discussed during the Psychoactive Substances Act's progression through Parliament, the government's definition of psychoactivity that «A substance produces a psychoactive effect in a person if, by stimulating or depressing the person's central nervous system, it affects the person's mental functioning or emotional state,» was about as vague as it could possibly be.

This seems unlikely, but could be explained by the unavoidable flaw in the Psychoactive Substances Act which is that its wording is so vague, and its aims so unclear, that nobody - especially the police - really has any idea how or when to enforce it.

When trying to figure out whether or not a certain drug or product is covered by the Psychoactive Substances Act, there are three checks that need to be done.

But it would, and should, cause further outcry at the banning of a non-harmful and potentially therapeutic drug, as well as at the Psychoactive Substances Act itself.

The government's new Psychoactive Substances Act starts from the absurd premise that anything which «is capable of producing a psychoactive effect» will henceforth be banned.

The decision to confirm the exclusion of poppers from the Psychoactive Substances Act, which will criminalise the trade in legal highs from April, was announced by a Home Office minister, Karen Bradley, on Tuesday.

Vaz had argued in parliament that poppers should not be included in a list of substances banned by the 2016 Psychoactive Substances Act.

Only last month the implementation of the absurd Psychoactive Substances Act had to be abandoned.

It is now learning it all over again in the wake of the Psychoactive Substance Act.

Not exact matches

«For reasons that are unclear, the Home Office did not consult the ACMD on the development or drafting of the [psychoactive substances] bill despite its obvious competence and authority, and indeed its specific legal remit under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 to advise on precisely such matters.»

The new definition reads: «A substance produces a psychoactive effect in a person if, by stimulating or depressing the person's central nervous system, it affects the person's mental functioning or emotional state; as measured by the production of a pharmacological response on the central nervous system or which produces a response in in - vitro tests qualitatively identical to substances controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, and references to a substance's psychoactive effects are to be read accordingly.»

A psychoactive drug or psychotropic substance is a chemical substance that acts primarily upon the central nervous system where it alters brain function, resulting in temporary changes in perception, mood, consciousness and behavior.

Cannabis sales have been illegal since the 1970 Controlled Substances Act was passed, with the only exceptions being the products made from the «mature stalk» and «sterilized seed» of the hemp plant, which could still be sold since they contained little to no psychoactive components.

The federal Controlled Substances Act of 1970 effectively banned the production of all cannabis plants regardless of the level of the psychoactive ingredient THC.