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Information on carrying medicine containing controlled drugs for individual travellers entering or leaving the UK.
When entering the UK, you need to prove your medicine is prescribed to you if it contains a controlled drug - find out what proof you need to get.
You must get permission to export certain drugs and medicines.
Pharmacy, prescription-only (POM), and general sale list (GSL) medicines: apply to move your medicine to a different classification.
Information for companies on the import and export of controlled drugs to and from the UK.
How to comply with the requirements on promoting medicines to the public and to prescribers and suppliers of medicines.
The most commonly encountered drugs currently controlled under the misuse of drugs legislation.
This series brings together all documents relating to drugs licensing.
As a vet or pharmacist, you must follow legal requirements when working with controlled drugs in veterinary medicine.
It's illegal to drive if you're unfit to do so because you're on legal or illegal drugs, or you have certain levels of drugs or medicine in your blood
Information for patients, healthcare professionals and developers of new medicines
Guidance for UK wholesalers and manufacturers on how to import human medicines including unlicensed medicines, how to apply for a licence and how much it costs.
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs makes recommendations to government on the control of dangerous or otherwise harmful drugs, including classification and scheduling under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and its regulations. ACMD is an advisory non-departmental...
Search for information about medicines including patient information leaflets (PILs), details on how the medicine can be used (SmPCs) and scientific reports (PARs).
How to package medicines for sale and what information you must provide to consumers and healthcare professionals.
An overview of the process including submitting or fast tracking an application, naming your medicine and paying fees.
Explains changes to drug driving law and the guidance available for healthcare professionals and users of prescription medicine.
The penalties if you are caught taking or dealing drugs - drug classification, fines and prison sentences
How to register with an NHS doctor and patient questionnaires in Ukrainian and Russian.
If you've used illegal drugs or misused drugs you must tell DVLA - download the correct form to let them know
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