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June 21, 2007 at 4:53 pm

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Linz

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Hey all,

I heard the other day that k has been re-classified to class A. Does anyone know if this is true?
June 21, 2007 at 5:35 pm

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General Lighting

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nah, urban legend/rumour

reclassification means there has to be at least some attempt at consultation with experts/the authorities and a debate/vote in Parliament

this can be done a lot quicker than previously (for instance K was classified only a year after the consultation, and the 2-C* substances were similarly criminalised within a year or so) but hasn’t happened yet

plus if K was reclassified as class A it would probably result in the dealers who currently see it as “lower risk” selling other class A substances, dealers who have become dependent or semi-dependent on drugs as a revenue stream aren’t going to just give up because a law changes..
June 21, 2007 at 5:56 pm

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Not forgetting that a Class ‘A’ classification includes a phrase about their being no medical uses for the chemical in question so medical uses of K [say at the scene of serious accidents, hospital, etc] would have to cease….
June 21, 2007 at 6:12 pm

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globalloon

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Raj wrote:

Not forgetting that a Class ‘A’ classification includes a phrase about their being no medical uses for the chemical in question so medical uses of K [say at the scene of serious accidents, hospital, etc] would have to cease….

if that’s true how come heroin and cocaine are class a?
June 21, 2007 at 6:21 pm

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Raj

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AFAIK its is very rare for them to be prescribed Glo – cocaine has been replaced by novocaine and other similar chemicals and heroin is known as diamorphine when it is precribed and then only in extremely tightly controlled uses, mostly in hospitals for acute pain and terminal care. Think about how hard it is to get opiate only painkillers in the UK without a doctor’s prescription – chemists wont even sell you most of them over the counter.
June 21, 2007 at 6:27 pm

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Theres a classification (A, B, C) but also a schedule number which denotes if the drug is a street drug or a legit pharmaceutical preparation.

It is possible to get scripts for class A drugs and there are legit preparations available to prescribers – but these drugs are usually only prescribed in rare occasions for elderly people who are on the way out anyway and institutionalised or in terminal care, rather than younger people who may be tempted to divert supplies or are mobile enough to do so…

there is a half-ton of paperwork involved for these prescriptions, and everything is locked down, recorded and leftovers have to be securely returned to the NHS.
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