Premised on the recommendation of the Secretary General of the World Health Organization (WHO) to place under international control the Substances; aminorex, brotizolam, etryptamine, flunitrazepam, mesocard, methcathinone and zipeprol the Dangerous Drugs Board, finding from its own evaluation that said substances have the capacity to produce dependence and likely to be so abused as to constitute a public health and social problem, hereby prescribes, pursuant to its powers under Section 36 (a) of Republic Act 6425 as amended, the following classifications of said substances:

SECTION I. Prohibited Drugs - The following substances are hereby classified as Prohibited Drugs.^*

SECTION II. Regulated Drugs - The following are hereby classified as Regulated Drugs^* :

SECTION III. Sanctions - Violations of this Regulation shall be a ground for administrative action without prejudice to criminal prosecution if warranted.

SECTION IV. Effectivity - This regulation shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation once a week for two consecutive weeks.

Adopted: 27 July 1995

(SGD.) MANUEL G. ROXAS, M.D., M.P.H.
(Undersecretary of Health and Chief of Staff)
Vice-Chairman and Presiding Officer, DDB

Attested By:

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^* See Appendix 2, NAR Vol. 6 No. 4, p. 836.