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Dangerous drugs

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Cocaine

Cocaine. See DRUGS, DANGEROUS.

Drugs, Dangerous

Matched in: Term Drugs, Dangerous

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Poison

with prohibition regarding the sale of poisons, and s. 19 makes exemptions with respect to medicines. The (English) Dangerous Drugs Acts, 1920, 1923 and 1932, and the regulations made thereunder, impose stringent restrictions upon the importation, expor-tation and … and the regulations made thereunder, impose stringent restrictions upon the importation, expor-tation and sale of certain poisons and dangerous drugs. See these Acts and regulations, and Drugs, Dangerous. Poisoned Food or Grain.--Penalties are imposed upon persons placing poisoned

Patent medicine

any venereal disease. Treatment must be by qualified medical practitioners; and see Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Medicines'; see DRUGS, DANGEROUS, and POISION.

Chemists and druggists

of the (English) Pharmacy Acts of 1852, 1868 and 1869, the (English) Poisons and Pharmacy Act, 1908, the Dangerous Drugs Acts, 1920, 1923 and 1925, which otherwise regulate the business of chemists and druggists, and provide for their

Extradition

offences. The (English) Extradition Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 39), adds offences in connection with dangerous drugs to the scheduled list of offences, and 1935 (25 & 26 Vict. Geo. 5, c. 25), for currency

civil commitment

a person suffering from mental illness, alcoholism, or drug addiction usually upon a finding that the person is dangerous to himself or herself or to others … civil commitment : court-ordered institutionalization of a person suffering from mental illness, alcoholism, or drug addiction usually upon a finding that the person is dangerous to himself or herself or to others

Habitual drunkard

to any jurisdiction in lunacy, is notwithstanding, by reason of habitual intemperate drinking of intoxicating liquor, at times dangerous to himself or herself or to others, or incapable of managing himself or herself, and his or her … himself or herself, and his or her affairs. See also (English) Licensing Act, 1902, s. 5 (extended to drug addicts by 15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 51, s. 3); Eaton v. Best, (1909) 1 KB 632;

Drunkenness

if a man is so drunk that he is incapable of knowing that what he is doing is dangerous or likely to inflict serious injury he will not be guilty of murder, R. v. Meade (1909) 1 … of a motor vehicle in a road or other public place while under the influence of drink or drugs is liable to fine, imprisonment, and disqualification for 12 months or more for holding or obtaining a license.

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