Legalización de nuevas sustancias psicoactivas en Singapur

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Legalización de nuevas sustancias psicoactivas en Singapur

7 mayo 2014

Singapur ha reclasificado una lista de nuevas sustancias psicoactivas para incluirlas en la Clase A de estupefacientes fiscalizados, convirtiendo su uso en un delito punible con penas de prisión y azotes.

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The authorities have moved to reclassify a list of so-called “legal highs” — which mimic the effects of drugs such as cocaine and Ecstasy — as Class A controlled drugs, making the abuse of such substances an offence punishable by imprisonment and caning.

Known as New Psychoactive Substances (NPS), they are mainly produced by introducing slight modifications to the chemical structures of controlled drugs. They were listed in the Fifth Schedule of the Misuse of Drugs Act enacted last year, which allows the authorities to seize them, but the trafficking, manufacture, import, export, possession or consumption of them did not constitute an offence.

With the reclassification, anyone found guilty of trafficking any NPS will face at least five years in jail and five strokes of the cane. A person found abusing any NPS can be jailed for up to 10 years, fined up to $20,000, or both.

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