India, March 14 -- Following recommendations by the World Health Organization, the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs has decided to place five new psychoactive substances and one medicine under international control.
The substances are N-Pyrrolidino protonitazene, also referred to as protonitazepyne, a synthetic opioid; N-Pyrrolidino protonitazene, also referred to as protonitazepyne, a synthetic opioid; Etonitazepipne, also referred to as N-piperidinyl etonitazene, a synthetic opioid; N-Desethyl isotonitazene, also referred to as norisotonitazene, a synthetic opioid; AND Hexahydrocannabinol, also known as HHC, a semi-synthetic cannabinoid described as a colourless viscous oil or resin.
The medicine that was brought under intern...