Nitrous Oxide Laws?

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October 12, 2007 at 3:10 am

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Oosband

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Ok, I need some information.

Recently a friend of mine has been selling Nitrous Oxide to our mates and at parties. The police have found a few empty canisters lying around and have been trying to find out who’s been selling them (there was a front page story in the local paper, we’ve been asked by the community support officers about the canisters).

He’s left for India for two months.

They have some how found out our friend has been selling them, and we were told they they’re planning on “making an example of them”.

This is quite worrying because I don’t want to see them getting fined or locked up.

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What I’d like to know is what sort of punishment he’s likely to receive?

I know that NOS isn’t classed as an illegal substance, but it is illegal to inhale under the medicines act.
October 12, 2007 at 8:41 am

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process

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can they prove all the canisters came from him? ill bet they cant. just tell your mate to get any excess cannisters out of his house once he gets back. I bet all the police have is someones word he was selling them. He can can eithier say nothing and let them try and prove all the cannisters came from him, which will be pretty impossible, or just say he takes nitrous personally, then say nothing. thats my advice anyway.
October 12, 2007 at 9:42 am

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Oosband

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They have no proof no, just word of mouth.
He wouldn’t bother lying though, they have no hard proof but I doubt he’d stand up to them.

I just need to find out what punishment he faces, are there any websites with this information?
October 12, 2007 at 10:02 am

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Digital-A

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Its now classed under the medicines act meaning a dispenser person needs a special licence, currently a person can not be charged for possesion of nitrous but may get boned by the law for selling it to kids.
October 12, 2007 at 10:17 am

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Digital-A

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Medicines Act 1968

This law governs the manufacture and supply of medicine. There are three categories:
- Prescription Only drugs can be sold by a pharmacist if prescribed by a doctor <LI Pharmacy medicines may be sold by a pharmacist without prescription
- General sales list medicines may be sold without a prescription in any shop
Possession of Prescription Only medicines without a prescription is a serious offence. Drugs such as amyl nitrite, GHB and ketamine are regulated under the Medicines Act.

{taken from the home office website}
October 12, 2007 at 10:44 am

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General Lighting

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Digital-A wrote:

Its now classed under the medicines act meaning a dispenser person needs a special licence, currently a person can not be charged for possesion of nitrous but may get boned by the law for selling it to kids.

what they are getting the sellers to youths under is the anti-solvent abuse laws set up in the 1980s when I was a teenager… might be the “Intoxicating Substances Act 1985″…
October 12, 2007 at 10:47 am

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spangle

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It is illegal to sell the gas for use recreationaly – ie when it is in a balloon that someones gonna inhale, its not illegal to sell it in the wippets (for cooking purposes..) its also not illegal to posses/take it urself! So basically they need to prove he sold it to people to breathe, all he needs to say is he took them himself, without evidence more substantial that someones word (eg the police actualy catching him) they shuouldnt be able to charge or convict him of anything
October 12, 2007 at 11:00 am

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One.badgerinpink

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luckily for me my best friends a professional baker:crazy:
October 12, 2007 at 11:01 am

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Raj

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afaik hearsay is not admissable in court if the lawyer challenges it
October 12, 2007 at 12:56 pm

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process

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Digital-A wrote:
Medicines Act 1968

This law governs the manufacture and supply of medicine. There are three categories:

Prescription Only drugs can be sold by a pharmacist if prescribed by a doctor <LI Pharmacy medicines may be sold by a pharmacist without prescription

General sales list medicines may be sold without a prescription in any shop

Possession of Prescription Only medicines without a prescription is a serious offence. Drugs such as amyl nitrite, GHB and ketamine are regulated under the Medicines Act.

{taken from the home office website}
is amyl nitrate regulated? i didnt think it was… this might have changed tho.
October 12, 2007 at 1:01 pm

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Digital-A

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mmm i dont actually no mr process, i’ll go do some reading and get back to you 🙂

i dont think it would be, but i havent seen it available in shops for a while …
October 12, 2007 at 1:02 pm

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Digital-A

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taken from urban75

The Law: This is currently undergoing revision to close a rather strange loophole. Currently, the use and possession of poppers in NOT illegal, but the law is complex.

Poppers can be sold as ‘room odourisors’ but not inhalants, as this would classify them as a medicine and require a pharmacy to dispense them.

If you got nabbed selling poppers as inhalants, you would be committing a civil offence and would be prosecuted by the Medicines Control Agency (part of the Department of Health).

However, for those who desire to have your room smelling of old socks, poppers are still freely available from many sex shops and other outlets. Stock up on ’em while you can! In the US, nitrites have been banned since 1988.

hope that answers ya mr p 🙂
October 12, 2007 at 1:04 pm

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process

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neither have I, but then i havent really been looking as it gives me a banging headache!
October 12, 2007 at 1:05 pm

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Digital-A

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aye, havent touched ’em in years, dont think ill return to them either haha
October 12, 2007 at 1:11 pm

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Digital-A wrote:

aye, havent touched ’em in years, dont think ill return to them either haha

:laugh_at: you lie D-A, When i have seen you at Baraka’s you have had a sniff, i only remember because your poured a load of the bloody bottle over me 😉
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