"RC" laws in Canada

[GenericMind]

Does anyone know of any laws that would be the equivalent of the U.S. Analogue Act in Canada?

 

[Banquo]

Under Canadian law, a drug analogue is defined as "a substance that, in relation to a controlled substance, has a substantially similar chemical structure."

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[fastandbulbous]

Under Canadian law, a drug analogue is defined as "a substance that, in relation to a controlled substance, has a substantially similar chemical structure."

Another wonderfully vague definition that shouldn't be worth it's weight in shit in a court, but is due to the insanity of fighting the 'war on drugs'. Britain's Misuse of Drugs Act might cover a lot of compounds that are legal in other countries because of the derivatives paragraphs, but as they're defined in purely chemical terms (none of this 'substantially similar' bullshit) at least you know where you stand with a specific chemical - if it's not controlled you can pretty much do what you want with it in terms of using it as a drug (unless it's a prescription only medicine, but generally POM drugs with an abuse potential end up in the M of D Act)

 

[nuke]

There is no generic equivelent as far as I know. In Canada, the only specifically scheduled analogues are those of amphetamine, and that seems to only apply to whatever-substituted phenyl rings with a 2-aminopropyl group attached somewhere (the beta substituted amphetamines, like cathinone, appear outside the list of general controlled amphetamines).

From what you I can gather, all amphetamines, psychedelic or otherwise, hold the possibility of being prosecuted. It's also possible that other phenalkylamines could be targetted if the law is interpretted creatively. As far as tryptamines go, there doesn't seem to be any laws pertaining to them specifically.

There was a general analogue act that they tried to pass in Canada some time ago (in a bill called C-8) that was pretty much equivelent to or more restrictive than the US Analogue Act, but it ended up being struck down because it was considered to be too vague.