Class A drugs

Very dangerous - real Ecstasy can kill first time. It is also illegal to possess a class A drug. 

Heroin and other opiates are controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act making it illegal to possess them or to supply them to other people without a prescription. Heroin is treated as a Class A drug where the maximum penalties are 7 years imprisonment and a fine for possession and life imprisonment and a fine for supply. 

Ecstasy is a class A drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act. It is illegal to be in possession of or to supply it and the drug cannot be prescribed by doctors. The maximum penalties for possession of Ecstasy is 7 years imprisonment plus a fine and for supply is life imprisonment plus a fine. 

Unlike mass transport across membranes, which relates to chemical structure in predictable ways, the potencies of drugs as seen in pharmacological, pharmacodynamic, or other tests are highly structurally specific within a class of drugs and are without commonality across classes. A drug s activity involves a complex merging of these separate structural influences, with bioavailability always one of the concerns. Such concern is minimal when a truly superficial effect is involved, however. For example, the most potent antiseptic as measured in the test tube is likely to have... 

A really deep, chemically induced sleep is termed narcosis, from the Greek narke, meaning numbness. Similarly, we similarly call a class-A drug a narcotic. ... 

Alphabetical ratings pertain to therapeutic value. A class A drug has significant, effective value. 

Barbiturates are a Class B drug unless the barbiturate is used in an injectable form It then becomes a Class A drug. 

For Class A drugs, the penalty for possession is seven years in prison, an unlimited fine, or both. The supply penalty for this class, which includes cocaine and heroin, is life imprisonment, an unlimited fine, or both penalties. 

DMT was demonstrated to be hallucinogenic in 1956. The drug is explicitly named as a Schedule I drug in the federal Controlled Substances Act. DMT is also illegal in the United Kingdom, where it is classified as a Class A drug. 

The Misuse of Drugs Act, 1971 lists controlled substances in three classes in Schedule 2 to the Act. Class A drugs have the greatest propensity to cause... 

The legislative control of psilocybin-containing mushrooms is complex under the Misuse of Drugs Act, 1971. Both psilocin and psilocybin (the phosphate ester) are classified as Class A drugs. However, cultivation of the mushrooms which contain these compounds and possession of fresh mushrooms is not deemed an offence under the Act. However, if the materials are deliberately prepared , by,... 

Phase 3 studies are also used to identify the most appropriate population or subpopulation for the study drug and to establish a place for the drug in its therapeutic class. A drug may be developed in a therapeutic class that already has effective alternatives, but the investigative compound may have a better safety profile than its established competitors. A Phase 3 clinical study can be designed to assess relative safety profiles. 

In the United Kingdom, diamorphine is controlled as a Class A drug, under Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, 1971, as is its precursor, morphine. Codeine is controlled as a Class B drug. In addition, the products found as impurities from diamorphine production, namely 3-monoacetylmorphine and 6-monoacetylmorphine, are controlled as esters of morphine, while acetylcodeine is controlled as an ester of codeine. In the United States, heroin (diamorphine) is controlled as a Schedule I narcotic. 

A, B, and C are mutually exclusive designations. Only one of these letters maybe used to class a drug. The other designations are not mutually exclusive. For example, an orphan drug maybe classified as 1 B-V. ... 

The illegal drug is usually the soluble hydrochloride. This can be converted into the free-base form (known as crack cocaine) by dissolving in water and heating with sodium bicarbonate. Cocaine is a class A drug in the UK. It can be detected by Scott s test. 

It is a dangerously addictive drug, a Schedule II controlled substance in the United States and a Class-A drug in the United Kingdom. 

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