Dangerous Drugs (Supply to Addicts) Regulations 1968

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Dangerous Drugs (Supply to Addicts) Regulations 1968
Statutory Instrument
CitationSI 1968/416
Dates
Made18 March 1968
Laid before Parliament25 March 1968
Commencement16 April 1968
Other legislation
Made under
Text of the The Dangerous Drugs (Supply to Addicts) Regulations 1968 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Dangerous Drugs (Supply to Addicts) Regulations 1968[1] determined the consultants who could prescribe, or treat addicts either in psychiatric hospitals or drug dependency units. Other medical staff, if supervised by the consultants within the hospitals, would also be able to obtain licences. Doctors working outside the NHS would be considered if their organisations had similar facilities to the DDUs.[2]

Doctors who disobeyed these regulations might have their permissions to supply rescinded. In fact only the treatment centres were allowed to supply.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Trevor, Bennett. "The British experience with heroin regulation". Cambridge, England: Law and Contemporary Problems Senior Research Associate, Institute of Criminology. Retrieved 13 June 2019 – via duke.edu.
  2. ^ Heroin addiction care and control: the British System. H.B. Spear. 2002. page 207
  3. ^ "The Shipman Inquiry - Fourth Report - The Dangerous Drugs Legislation of 1967 and 1968". Archived from the original on 11 November 2007. Retrieved 25 February 2011.