[Aus] Psychoactive substances laws

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source: https://www.justice.vic.gov.au/psychoactive-substances-laws

Psychoactive substances laws

What are the laws and when do they commence?

Laws that commenced on 1 November 2017 insert new offences into new Part IIIA of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981. These new provisions will make it an offence to produce, sell, supply in the course of carrying out a commercial activity, or advertise psychoactive substances.

The government has introduced the new psychoactive substance laws to specifically target new synthetic drugs, which are developed to mimic the effects of other illicit drugs of dependence such as cannabis and MDMA (also commonly known as ecstasy). While many synthetic drugs or classes of drugs are already prohibited as illicit drugs of dependence, the diversity of substances available and the speed with which new drugs are developed means the existing controls—which apply to specific substances based on their chemical composition—remain a step behind those responsible for producing and supplying them in Victoria.

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