(a) ‘new psychoactive substance’ means a natural or synthetic substance that, when consumed by a human, has the capacity to produce central nervous system stimulation or depression, resulting in hallucinations, alterations in motor function, thinking, behaviour, perception, awareness or mood, which is intended for human consumption or is likely to be consumed by humans even if not intended for them with the purpose of inducing one or more of the effects mentioned above, which is neither controlled under the 1961 United Nations Single Conv ...[+++]ention on Narcotic Drugs, as amended by the 1972 Protocol, nor the 1971 United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances; it excludes alcohol, caffeine and tobacco, as well as tobacco products within the meaning of Council Directive 2001/37/EC of 5 June 2001 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products ;

(a) ‘new psychoactive substance’ means a natural or synthetic substance that, when consumed by a human, has the capacity to produce central nervous system stimulation or depression, resulting in hallucinations, alterations in motor function, thinking, behaviour, perception, awareness or mood, whether it is intended or not for human consumption, with the purpose of inducing one or more of the effects mentioned above, which is intended for human consumption or is likely to be consumed by humans even if not intended for them with the purpose of inducing one or more of the effects mentioned above, which is neither ...[+++]controlled under the 1961 United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, as amended by the 1972 Protocol, nor the 1971 United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances; it excludes alcohol, caffeine and tobacco, as well as tobacco products within the meaning of Council Directive 2001/37/EC of 5 June 2001 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products;

(a) ‘new psychoactive substance’ means a natural or synthetic substance that, when consumed by a human, has the capacity to produce central nervous system stimulation or depression, resulting in hallucinations, alterations in motor function, thinking, behaviour, perception, awareness or mood, whether or not it is intended for human consumption with the purpose of inducing one or more of the effects mentioned above, which is neither controlled under the 1961 United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic ...[+++] Drugs, as amended by the 1972 Protocol, nor the 1971 United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances; it excludes alcohol, caffeine and tobacco, as well as tobacco products within the meaning of Council Directive 2001/37/EC ;

Examples of such products include hazardous products, radioactive materials, products presenting special risks of abuse (including narcotic and psychotropic substances), and temperature-sensitive products.

There are several factors to explain this legislative ferment: the concerns raised by Emily Murphy’s writings about the extent of the “scourge” of drugs in Canada[28]; the renewed conflicts between Whites and Asians in British Columbia; the mobilization of doctors’ and pharmacists’ associations to prevent the Act from infringing on their activities; the establishment in 1919 of the Department of Health and the powerful Narcotics Division (the predecessor of the current (Office of Controlled Substances), which were responsible for e ...[+++]nforcing international conventions on drugs in Canada; the establishment in 1919 of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), responsible for enforcing the Opium and Narcotic Drug Act; the enactment of the Harrison Narcotic Act in the United States in 1914; and the mobilization of the international community to enforce the International Opium Convention (The Hague - 1912) imposed on a number of countries by the 1919 Treaty of Versailles.

Action on reduction of illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances:On the question of the diversion of precursors and psychotropic substances, monitoring must be carried out on targeted products if it is to be effective.