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The penalties if you are caught taking or dealing drugs - drug classification, fines and prison sentences
Application for a licence to prescribe, administer, supply or authorise administration or supply of cocaine, diamorphine or dipipanone.
When entering the UK, you need to prove your medicine is prescribed to you if it contains a controlled drug - find out what proof you need to get.
FCDO travel advice for Mexico. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Safety leaflet on opioid medicines to help patients and their families reduce the risks of harm.
Report by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) reviewing the use of cocaine powder and its impact on British society.
Check what side effects people have reported when they've taken a medicine.
How to get relief from excise duty on oil used in certain ways using the Industrial Relief Scheme, also known as the Tied Oils Scheme.
Information about controlled drugs licences for companies that possess, manufacture, produce or supply controlled drugs in England, Wales or Scotland.
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