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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-misuse-of-drugs-act-1971-amendment-order-2008/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2008/9780110846088",
  "legislation_title": "The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-misuse-of-drugs-act-1971-amendment-order-2008",
  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971",
  "text": "(1) Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (which specifies the drugs which are subject to control under that Act) is amended as follows.\n(2) In Part 2 (Class B drugs)—\n(a) in paragraph 1(a), after “Amphetamine” insert—\n“Cannabinol\nCannabinol derivatives\nCannabis and cannabis resin”;\n(b) after paragraph 2 insert—\n“2A. Any ester or ether of cannabinol or of a cannabinol derivative.”; and\n(c) in paragraph 3, for “or 2” substitute “, 2 or 2A”.\n(3) In Part 3 (Class C drugs) the following words are repealed —\n(a) in paragraph 1(a), “Cannabinol”, “Cannabinol derivatives” and “Cannabis and cannabis resin”; and\n(b) in paragraph 1(d), “or of cannabinol or a cannabinol derivative”.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}