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'''Levoamphetamine''' (also known as '''Levamphetamine''', '''L-Amphetamine''', or by brand names including '''Adderall''') is a [[stimulant]] substance and one of the two optical isomers of [[amphetamine]].
'''Levoamphetamine''' (also known as '''Levamphetamine''', '''l-Amphetamine''', or by brand names including '''Adderall''') is a [[stimulant]] substance and the left-handed [[enantiomer]] of [[amphetamine]].
 
Levoamphetamine is the less potent [[isomer]] of the two, but the effects are also slightly different in character. The small difference in affinity affects the mechanism resulting in a more physically focused stimulation rather than mental.
 
==Dangerous interactions==
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==Legal status==
Internationally, [[amphetamine]] (and its isomers [[dextroamphetamine]] and levoamphetamine) are Schedule II controlled substances under the United Nations 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/system/files/attachments/10451/convention_1971_en.pdf|title=CONVENTION ON PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES 1971|publisher=United Nations|access-date=December 19, 2019}}</ref>
 
*'''Australia''': Levoamphetamine is a Schedule 8 controlled substance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019L01471|title=POISONS STANDARD DECEMBER 2019|publisher=Office of Parliamentary Counsel|access-date=December 19, 2019}}</ref>
*'''Austria''': Levoamphetamine is illegal to possess, produce and sell under the SMG (Suchtmittelgesetz Österreich).<ref>https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=10011053</ref>
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*'''Brazil''': Levoamphetamine is a Class A3 psychoactice substance.<ref>https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/resolucao-rdc-n-784-de-31-de-marco-de-2023-474904992</ref>
*'''Canada''': Levoamphetamine is a Schedule I drug in Canada.<ref>Controlled Drugs and Substances Act | http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-38.8/page-24.html#h-28</ref>
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*'''Germany''': Levoamphetamine is controlled under Anlage II BtMG (''Narcotics Act, Schedule II''), in contrast to [[dextroamphetamine]] and [[racemic]] [[amphetamine]] which fall under Anlage III BtMG (''Narcotics Act, Schedule III'').<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/btmg_1981/anlage_ii.html|title=Anlage II BtMG|publisher=Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz|access-date=December 19, 2019|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/btmg_1981/anlage_iii.html|title=Anlage III BtMG|publisher=Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz|access-date=December 19, 2019|language=de}}</ref>
*'''The Netherlands''': Levoamphetamine is a List I controlled substance.<ref>https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0001941/2009-07-01</ref>
*'''South Korea''': Levoamphetamine is prohibited even for medical use in South Korea in compliance with the United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160331074842/https://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=VI-16&chapter=6&lang=en</ref>
*'''United Kingdom''': [[Amphetamine]] is a Class B drug in the United Kingdom, without any clarification about isomers.<ref>{{Citation  | title=Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 | url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/38/schedule/2}}</ref>
*'''United States''': [[Amphetamine]] is a Schedule IIN controlled substance in the United States, citing several prescription drugs as some of which contain levo amphetamine.<ref>https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/schedules/</ref>
 
==See also==
*[[Responsible use]]
*[[Stimulant]]
*[[Amphetamine]]
 
==External links==
*[[wikipedia:Levoamphetamine|Levoamphetamine (Wikipedia)]]
 
==References==
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[[Category:Psychoactive substance]]
[[Category:Amphetamine]]
[[Category:Stimulant]]
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