Class B drugs

I soon got into trouble for shoplifting, benefits fraud and possession of class B drugs.

Class B drugs include cannabis, amphetamines, barbiturates and codeine.

The maximum penalties for Class B drugs are:

In March 2010 plans were announced to make methylone and other cathinones, Class B drugs, "within weeks".

In the United Kingdom, amphetamines are regarded as Class B drugs.

"He is now spending Christmas in prison, and by closing down this cannabis factory we have prevented a large quantity of Class B drugs from reaching the streets."

At a later trial at Chester Crown Court, Branch admitted charges of possession with intent to supply class A and class B drugs.

The next day, the ACMD in the UK published a report on the cathinones, including mephedrone, and recommended they be classified as Class B drugs.

The report went on to suggest that all analogues of MXE should also become class B drugs and suggested a catch-all clause covering both existing and unresearched arylcyclohexamines.

Spowart faces charges of theft, criminal damage and burglary while Howard is charged with burglary, possession of class B drugs with intent to supply and dishonestly obtaining and receiving goods.

This list has in practice been modified a great number of times, sometimes removing substances, but more commonly adding some; for example, many benzodiazepines became Class C drugs in 1985, and many cathinones became Class B drugs in 2010.

In January 2006, Bennett started a private prosecution against the entertainer Michael Barrymore over alleged offences involving drink and the possession and use of Class A and Class B drugs by Barrymore during the night when 31-year-old Stuart Lubbock was found dead at Barrymore's house in March 2001.