S.I. No. 584/2014 - Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014.

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014.

(2) The collective citation “the Misuse of Drugs (Designation) Orders 1998 to 2014” includes this Order.

2. Paragraph 1(

a

) of Schedule 1 (as amended by Article 2 of the Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (Amendment) Order 2014 (

S.I. No. 324 of 2014

)) to the Misuse of Drugs (Designation) Order 1998 (

S.I. No. 69 of 1998

) is amended—

(

a

) by inserting “5-(2-Aminopropyl) indole (otherwise known as 5-IT).” before “1-(1,3-Benzodioxol-5-yl)-2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)-pentanone.”,

(

b

) by inserting “3,4-dichloro-

N

-[[1-(dimethylamino) cyclohexyl]methyl]benzamide (otherwise known as AH-7921).” after “Concentrate of poppy-straw.”,

(

c

) by inserting “4-iodo-2,5-dimethoxy-

N

-(2-methoxybenzyl) phenethylamine (otherwise known as 25I-NBOMe).” after “N-Hydroxy-tenamphetamine.”, and

(

d

) by inserting “2-(3-methoxyphenyl)-2-(ethylamino) cyclohexanone (otherwise known as methoxetamine).” after “Methcathinone.”.

GIVEN under my Seal,

17 December 2014.

LEO VARADKAR,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

The purpose of this Order is to amend the Misuse of Drugs (Designation) Order 1998 by inserting into Schedule 1 to that Order the following

5-(2-Aminopropyl) indole (otherwise known as 5-IT);

3,4-dichloro-

N

-[[1-(dimethylamino) cyclohexyl]methyl]benzamide (otherwise known as AH-7921);

4-iodo-2,5-dimethoxy-

N

-(2-methoxybenzyl) phenethylamine (otherwise known as 25I-NBOMe); and

2-(3-methoxyphenyl)-2-(ethylamino) cyclohexanone (otherwise known as methoxetamine).

This Order may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

26

th December

, 2014.

I, LEO VARADKAR, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 13

of the

Misuse of Drugs Act 1977

(No. 12 of 1977), hereby order as follows