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LE G AL STATUS

TO H AV E A CO M PL E T E U N D ER S TA N D I N G O F T H E L EG A L S TAT US O F A L L
N P S O N T H E M A R K E T WO U L D R EQ U I R E A R AT H ER I N - D EP T H U N D ER-
S TA N D I N G O F D RU G CH EM I S T RY, A N D A N A B I L I T Y TO N AV I G AT E
A CO M PL I C AT ED S E T O F L AWS .

N E V ERT H EL E S S , I T I S I M P O RTA N T TO K N OW T H AT M A N Y N P S
Legal Highs
A R E I L L EG A L I N V I C TO R I A .

TH E S E N E W S U B S TA N C E S H AV E B E E N M A D E I LLEG A L
I N TH E FO LLOW I N G WAYS :

1 . L I S T IN G C E R TAIN 2 . L I S T IN G C E R TAIN 3.C R IMINAL I S IN G T HE
N P S A S ‘ D R U G S O F N P S A S R E G U L AT E D PO S SE S SIO N O R U SE
D EP EN D EN C E ’. ‘ P O I S O NS ’. O F ‘ANALO G U E S ’ TO
T H O S E AL R E ADY MAD E
I LLE G A L .

DR U G S O F DE P E N DE N C E LI STE D P O I S ONS A N A LOG O U S DR U G S

Drugs that are listed in Sched- The rate of new synthetic Under Victorian drug laws,
ule 11 of the Drugs, Poisons substances hitting the mar- it is not only illegal to possess
and Controlled Substances ket is faster than each State and use a listed drug of
Act 1981 (Vic) are illegal can regulate. As a result, the dependence, but also drugs
drugs of dependence. Therapeutic Goods Adminis- that are chemically similar to
tration (TGA) has listed some the illicit drug.
These drugs carry with them NPS drugs as ‘poisons’. This
a risk of serious criminal automatically makes certain
penalty, including imprison- substances illegal to sell and These are known as ‘ana-
ment, for possession and use. possess in Victoria, albeit with logues’ of listed drugs, and
Some NPS listed as drugs of a less serious criminal penalty,
dependence include the active usually a fine. will include most forms of
synthetic cannabinoids as well
components of most variants as chemically similar
of the herbal “incense” Spice, Some NPS listed as poisons cathinones to those already
as well as MDMA-replicate include most forms of illegal.
MDMC and most forms of 2C
psychedelics. synthetic cannabinoids as well
as commonly used cathinones
such as mephedrone.

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