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Controlled drugs (within the meaning of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971).
Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 SCHEDULE 1 — EXEMPTED SUBSTANCES
Controlled drugs
Medicinal products
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Medicinal products. In this paragraph “ medicinal product ” has the same meaning as in the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916) (see regulation 2 of those Regulations).
Alcohol
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Alcohol or alcoholic products. In this paragraph— “ alcohol ” means ethyl alcohol, and “ alcoholic product ” means any product which— contains alcohol, and does not contain any psychoactive substance.
Nicotine and tobacco products
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Nicotine.
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Tobacco products. In this paragraph “ tobacco product ” means— (a) anything which is a tobacco product within the meaning of the Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979 (see section 1 of that Act), and (b) any other product which— (i) contains nicotine, and (ii) does not contain any psychoactive substance.
Caffeine
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Caffeine or caffeine products. In this paragraph “ caffeine product ” means any product which— (a) contains caffeine, and (b) does not contain any psychoactive substance.
Food
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Any substance which— (a) is ordinarily consumed as food, and (b) does not contain a prohibited ingredient. In this paragraph— “ enactment ” includes— an enactment contained in subordinate legislation; an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament; an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, a Measure or Act of the National Assembly for Wales; an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, Northern Ireland legislation; “ food ” includes drink; “ prohibited ingredient ”, in relation to a substance, means any psychoactive substance— which is not naturally occurring in the substance, and the use of which in or on food is not authorised by an enactment .
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