Correspondence

Advice on 2,4-Dinitrophenol

Letter to the Home Office about the appropriate control mechanism for 2, 4-Dinitrophenol (DNP).

From:
Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
Published
18 February 2019

Documents

Letter to the Minister for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability: advice on 2,4-Dinitrophenol (accessible version)

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Letter to the Minister for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability: advice on 2,4-Dinitrophenol

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ACMD chair, Owen Bowden-Jones, writes to Victoria Atkins to recommend that the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 is not the appropriate control mechanism for 2,4-Dinitrophenol (DNP).

This letter provides the ACMD’s response to a Home Office commission for advice on the appropriate control mechanism for 2,4-DNP. It concludes that the substance is a poison and not a drug.

Published 18 February 2019