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(NAR) VOL. 1 NO.2 / APRIL - JUNE 1990
[ DDB BOARD REGULATION NO. 5, s. 1987, September 25, 1987 ]
CLASSIFICATION OF CATHINONE AS A PROHIBITED DRUG
Pursuant to the powers vested in the Dangerous Drugs Board under
Section 36(a), Article VIII of Republic Act No. 6425, as amended, the
Dangerous Drugs Board hereby classifies and places in the list of
Prohibited Drugs the following:
Cathinone, a major psychoactive component of the KHAT plant (Cathaedulis) and chemically identified as (-)-alpha-amino-propiophenone.
This Regulation amends Board Regulation No. 4, Series of 1987 and shall, in accordance with Section 40(3), Article X of RA 6425, as amended, take effect fifteen (15) days from the date of its second publication in a newspaper of general circulation.
Adopted: 25 Sept. 1987
(SGD.) TOMAS P. MARAMBA, JR., M.D.
(Undersecretary of Health)
Chairman