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Pharmacy, prescription-only (POM), and general sale list (GSL) medicines: apply to move your medicine to a different classification.
The penalties if you are caught taking or dealing drugs - drug classification, fines and prison sentences
Explains changes to drug driving law and the guidance available for healthcare professionals and users of prescription medicine.
It's illegal to drive if you're unfit to do so because you're on legal or illegal drugs, or you have certain levels of drugs or medicine in your blood
How to comply with the requirements on promoting medicines to the public and to prescribers and suppliers of medicines.
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs makes recommendations to government on the control of dangerous or otherwise harmful drugs, including classification and scheduling under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and its regulations. ACMD is an advisory non-departmental...
Report a problem ('adverse incident') with a medical device or medicine to MHRA using the Yellow Card Scheme
How to report suspected illegal activity and how we will deal with these reports.
As a vet or pharmacist, you must follow legal requirements when working with controlled drugs in veterinary medicine.
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