1,4-Butanediol: Difference between revisions

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==Legal issues==

*'''United States''': While 1,4-butanediol is not currently scheduled federally in the United States, a number of states have classified it as a controlled substance. Additionally, individuals have been prosecuted for this substance under the Federal ~~Analog~~ Act as being substantially similar to GHB.<ref>http://cases.justia.com/us-court-of-appeals/F3/312/926/608696/</ref> A federal district court in Chicago ruled that 1,4-butanediol could not be considered an ~~analog~~ of GHB under federal law, and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that ruling.<ref>United States v. Turcotte, 405 F.3d 515 (7th Cir. 2005) "With specific regard to 1,4-butanediol, the jury has returned a special verdict which states that 1,4-butanediol is not a Schedule I drug analogue, because 1,4-butanediol's chemical structure is not significantly similar to the chemical structure of GHB.</ref>

*'''United States''': While 1,4-butanediol is not currently scheduled federally in the United States, a number of states have classified it as a controlled substance. Additionally, individuals have been prosecuted for this substance under the Federal Analogue Act as being substantially similar to GHB.<ref>http://cases.justia.com/us-court-of-appeals/F3/312/926/608696/</ref> A federal district court in Chicago ruled that 1,4-butanediol could not be considered an analogue of GHB under federal law, and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that ruling.<ref>United States v. Turcotte, 405 F.3d 515 (7th Cir. 2005) "With specific regard to 1,4-butanediol, the jury has returned a special verdict which states that 1,4-butanediol is not a Schedule I drug analogue, because 1,4-butanediol's chemical structure is not significantly similar to the chemical structure of GHB.</ref>

*'''United Kingdom''': In the United Kingdom, 1,4-butanediol was scheduled in December 2009 (along with another GHB precursor, gamma-butyrolactone) as a Class C controlled substance.

*'''Germany''': In Germany, the drug is not explicitly illegal, but might also be treated as illegal if used as a drug.

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 ==Legal issues==
-*'''United States''': While 1,4-butanediol is not currently scheduled federally in the United States, a number of states have classified it as a controlled substance. Additionally, individuals have been prosecuted for this substance under the Federal Analog Act as being substantially similar to GHB.<ref>http://cases.justia.com/us-court-of-appeals/F3/312/926/608696/</ref> A federal district court in Chicago ruled that 1,4-butanediol could not be considered an analog of GHB under federal law, and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that ruling.<ref>United States v. Turcotte, 405 F.3d 515 (7th Cir. 2005) "With specific regard to 1,4-butanediol, the jury has returned a special verdict which states that 1,4-butanediol is not a Schedule I drug analogue, because 1,4-butanediol's chemical structure is not significantly similar to the chemical structure of GHB.</ref>
+*'''United States''': While 1,4-butanediol is not currently scheduled federally in the United States, a number of states have classified it as a controlled substance. Additionally, individuals have been prosecuted for this substance under the Federal Analogue Act as being substantially similar to GHB.<ref>http://cases.justia.com/us-court-of-appeals/F3/312/926/608696/</ref> A federal district court in Chicago ruled that 1,4-butanediol could not be considered an analogue of GHB under federal law, and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that ruling.<ref>United States v. Turcotte, 405 F.3d 515 (7th Cir. 2005) "With specific regard to 1,4-butanediol, the jury has returned a special verdict which states that 1,4-butanediol is not a Schedule I drug analogue, because 1,4-butanediol's chemical structure is not significantly similar to the chemical structure of GHB.</ref>
 *'''United Kingdom''': In the United Kingdom, 1,4-butanediol was scheduled in December 2009 (along with another GHB precursor, gamma-butyrolactone) as a Class C controlled substance.
 *'''Germany''': In Germany, the drug is not explicitly illegal, but might also be treated as illegal if used as a drug.