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the resins and all preparations of which the resins form
the base, and (b) the cultivation, sale or possession of
the whole or any part of the plant Cannabis Sativa
(excluding its medical preparations.)
(2) paragraph B
I suggest that in view of the powers taken
under Section 3, it is unnecessary to indicate in the Schedule any substances (such as "analogues" of cocaine)
to which bhe Convention does not apply, and that in view of the procedure provided under Article 8 of the Convention
it is undesirable to include such substances until
advantage has been taken of that procedure.
(1) Second Schedule.
In the light of the observations in paragraphs (a) and (i) above it would appear to be unnecessary to include such a Schedule in the Ordinance, and to be preferable to make special provision by Rule for the
preparations enumerated in the Schedule.
The deletion of this Schedule will involve
consequential amendments in the definition of Deleterious
Drug, and in Section (3).
In this connection I observe that "Pulv, Ipecac. Co. B.D." (Dover's Powder) and "Ung Gallae c. Opio B.P." (Gall and Opium Ointment) which are included in the Schedule to the Regulations dated 20th May, 1921, under Section 7 of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1920, are omitted from the Second Schedule in the draft Ordinance.
I have, etc.,
(Signed) L.S.AMERY.