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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-misuse-of-drugs-act-1971-amendment-order-2013/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2013/9780111532980",
  "legislation_title": "The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-misuse-of-drugs-act-1971-amendment-order-2013",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order adds, in article 3, 2-((dimethylamino)methyl)-1-(3-hydroxyphenyl)cyclohexanol, commonly known as O-desmethyltramadol, to paragraph 1(a) of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 which specifies drugs which are subject to control as Class B drugs under that Act. Article 4, which substitutes paragraph 1(c), adds new categories of synthetic cannabinoids, and inserts a new paragraph 1(d) which adds 2-(ethylamino)-2-(3-methoxyphenyl)cyclohexanone, commonly known as methoxetamine, and other compounds related to ketamine and phencyclidine. 2-(ethylamino)-2-(3-methoxyphenyl)cyclohexanone was a substance specified under section 2A of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 as a drug subject to temporary control by virtue of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Temporary Class Drug) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/980) and ceases to be subject to such temporary control on the coming into force of this Order. Article 5 has the effect that any ester or ether of the substances specified in new paragraph 1(d) are to be controlled as Class B drugs.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111532980/note",
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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."
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