A report on Morphine and Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
3) Morphine (7,8-didehydro-4,5-epoxy-17-methylmorphinan-3,6-diol)
- Controlled Drugs and Substances ActIt is a Schedule II drug in the United States, Class A in the United Kingdom, and Schedule I in Canada.
- Morphine6 related topics with Alpha
Oxycodone
5 linksSemi-synthetic opioid medication used for treatment of moderate to severe pain.
Semi-synthetic opioid medication used for treatment of moderate to severe pain.
When taken by mouth, it has roughly 1.5 times the effect of the equivalent amount of morphine.
Oxycodone is a controlled substance under Schedule I of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA).
Heroin
4 linksOpioid used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects.
Opioid used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects.
Black tar heroin is a variable admixture of morphine derivatives—predominantly 6-MAM (6-monoacetylmorphine), which is the result of crude acetylation during clandestine production of street heroin.
On 26 August 2016, Health Canada issued regulations amending prior regulations it had issued under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act; the "New Classes of Practitioners Regulations", the "Narcotic Control Regulations", and the "Food and Drug Regulations", to allow doctors to prescribe diamorphine to people who have a severe opioid addiction who have not responded to other treatments.
Codeine
4 linksCodeine is an opiate and prodrug of morphine used to treat pain, coughing, and diarrhea.
In Canada, codeine is regulated under the Narcotic Control Regulations (NCR), which falls under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA).
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs
3 linksInternational treaty that controls activities (production, supply, trade, use) of specific narcotic drugs and establishes a system of regulations (licenses, measures for treatment, research, etc.) for their medical and scientific uses.
International treaty that controls activities (production, supply, trade, use) of specific narcotic drugs and establishes a system of regulations (licenses, measures for treatment, research, etc.) for their medical and scientific uses.
Earlier treaties had only controlled opium, coca, and derivatives such as morphine, heroin, and cocaine.
Narcotic Drugs under International Control ("Yellow List") The chemical name and structure of each substance under the control of the Treaty. Correlates the drugs and substances controlled by the Treaty with those named in the Canadian Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the UK Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and the US Controlled Substances Act.
Thebaine
2 linksOpiate alkaloid, its name coming from the Greek Θῆβαι, Thēbai (Thebes), an ancient city in Upper Egypt.
Opiate alkaloid, its name coming from the Greek Θῆβαι, Thēbai (Thebes), an ancient city in Upper Egypt.
A minor constituent of opium, thebaine is chemically similar to both morphine and codeine, but has stimulatory rather than depressant effects.
Thebaine is controlled under international law, is listed as a Class A drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 in the United Kingdom, is controlled as an analog of a Schedule II drug per the Analog Act in the United States, and is controlled with its derivatives and salts, as a Schedule I substance of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act in Canada.
Fentanyl
2 linksPowerful opioid used as a pain medication and, together with other medications, for anesthesia.
Powerful opioid used as a pain medication and, together with other medications, for anesthesia.
It is around 100 times stronger than morphine and about 50 times stronger than heroin.
In Canada, fentanyl is considered a schedule I drug as listed in Canada's Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.