THE 40 SECTIONS AND 6 SCHEDULES OF THE MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT ARE REGROUPED BY NAME OF DRUG, BY TYPE OF PENALTY, AND BY STATUTES RELATING TO PROSECUTION, DEFENSE, TRIAL, SENTENCE, AND AFTERCARE. THE STRUCTURE AT THE TIME OF WRITING OF THE ACT IS FRAGMENTARY. INFORMATION ESSENTIAL TO SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION OR LAW ENFORCEMENT IS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE ACT. THE REGROUPING OF INFORMATION IN THIS HANDBOOK IS DESIGNED TO BRING ALL INFORMATION PERTINENT TO A SINGLE ASPECT TOGETHER IN CONCISE FORM. CHAPTERS COVER THE LIST OF CONTROLLED DRUGS, SPECIAL REGULATIONS RELATING TO ALCOHOL, NICOTINE, AND BARBITURATES; PROOF THAT A SUBSTANCE IS A CONTROLLED DRUG; OFFENSES INVOLVING CONTROLLED DRUGS; REGULATIONS GOVERNING DOCTORS, DENTISTS, PHARMACISTS, AND OTHERS PROFESSIONALLY INVOLVED WITH CONTROLLED DRUGS; RULES GOVERNING CORPORATIONS; THE MISUSE OF DRUGS ORDER OF 1973; AND THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON THE MISUSE OF DRUGS. APPENDIXES LIST TRIBUNALS, ADVISORY BODIES AND PROFESSIONAL PANELS MANDATED BY THE MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT OF 1971; LIST PARTICIPANTS IN THE SINGLE CONVENTION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS; GIVE THE FORM OF NARCOTICS SEARCH WARRANTS; GIVE THE FORMS OF NARCOTICS REGISTERS; PRESENT STATISTICS OF DRUG MISUSE OFFENSES IN ENGLAND AND WALES; AND PROVIDE GLOSSARIES OF MEDICAL TERMS AND DRUG SLANG. (GLR)