When i use a word... Amending the 1972 Poisons Act
Aronson JK.
The 1972 Poisons Act was introduced to enable registered pharmacists, under the aegis of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, to regulate the sale of non-medicinal poisons and subsequently of explosives precursors. Since then it has undergone several amendments, the latest of which is about to come into force (on 1 October 2023), under The Control of Poisons and Explosives Precursors Regulations 2023, which will introduce additional substances into the lists of currently regulated poisons, as well as precursors of explosives, and will add offences relating to their acquisition, importation, supply, possession, and use.