Hey everyone. The following is being posted for your reference benefit. Schedule F is the schedule in the Canadian Food & Drug Regulations that details substances & ingredients that require a prescription to be purchased. It also lists (when applicable) the ways in which the applicable substance or ingredient is exempt from Schedule F.
The government page was recently moved; here now is the current link.
Food and Drug Regulations
Or you can copy & paste the link text at your leisure, below:
laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/C.R.C.,_c._870/page-502.html
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Nicotine is exempt from Schedule F classification (as in it's legal, you don't need a prescription etc) - specifically, as follows. I'm quoting from the link above, in navy blue to distinguish it, and with bold emphasis on (d):
Nicotine and its salts, for human use, except
(a) in natural substances;
(b) in the form of a chewing gum containing 4 mg or less of nicotine per dosage unit;
(c) in the form of a transdermal patch with a delivery rate of 22 mg or less of nicotine per day;
(d) in a form to be administered orally by means of an inhalation device delivering 4 mg or less of nicotine per dosage unit; or
(e) in the form of a lozenge containing 4 mg or less of nicotine per dosage unit
Nicotine et ses sels, destinés à l’usage humain, sauf :
a) dans les substances naturelles;
b) sous forme de gomme à mâcher contenant 4 mg ou moins de nicotine par unité posologique;
c) sous forme de timbre cutané ayant un taux de libération de 22 mg ou moins de nicotine par jour;
d) sous une forme destinée à être administrée par voie orale au moyen d’un inhalateur libérant 4 mg ou moins de nicotine par unité posologique;
e) sous forme de pastille contenant 4 mg ou moins de nicotine par unité posologique
English & French, there you go.
None of us are getting anywhere near 4mg of nicotine in a drag on our PV's. A drag is a dose. Each time you take a drag, you receive a dose.
In other words, the nicotine you're enjoying in your e-juice is legal. Health Canada is lying when they say it's covered by the Food & Drug Regulations. It's specifically exempted in our case.
Hope you've found this reference enlightening. HC is violating Canadian law by attempting to restrict a substance that in this case is exempt from restriction. And they're doing it while Parliament is dissolved and all our MP's are temporarily focused on their respective election campaigns, rather than constituent complaints and issues. Are you angry? You should be.
Should you settle for being angry? No. We're going to find out precisely how to contact a good legal team about a class-action lawsuit against Health Canada. We won't rest until that's done. Due to our lack of funds, we're going to ask that legal team to take us on pro bono. We may have to ask several times; but eventually someone (hopefully someone good) will see the benefit to themselves in taking our case pro bono. This is going to be a big case, and a big win - for vapers. Because the law is on our side.
And while I'm at it, watch once more as Heston gives us the perfect response to HC:
HC is the ape.
The government page was recently moved; here now is the current link.
Food and Drug Regulations
Or you can copy & paste the link text at your leisure, below:
laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/C.R.C.,_c._870/page-502.html
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Nicotine is exempt from Schedule F classification (as in it's legal, you don't need a prescription etc) - specifically, as follows. I'm quoting from the link above, in navy blue to distinguish it, and with bold emphasis on (d):
Nicotine and its salts, for human use, except
(a) in natural substances;
(b) in the form of a chewing gum containing 4 mg or less of nicotine per dosage unit;
(c) in the form of a transdermal patch with a delivery rate of 22 mg or less of nicotine per day;
(d) in a form to be administered orally by means of an inhalation device delivering 4 mg or less of nicotine per dosage unit; or
(e) in the form of a lozenge containing 4 mg or less of nicotine per dosage unit
Nicotine et ses sels, destinés à l’usage humain, sauf :
a) dans les substances naturelles;
b) sous forme de gomme à mâcher contenant 4 mg ou moins de nicotine par unité posologique;
c) sous forme de timbre cutané ayant un taux de libération de 22 mg ou moins de nicotine par jour;
d) sous une forme destinée à être administrée par voie orale au moyen d’un inhalateur libérant 4 mg ou moins de nicotine par unité posologique;
e) sous forme de pastille contenant 4 mg ou moins de nicotine par unité posologique
English & French, there you go.
None of us are getting anywhere near 4mg of nicotine in a drag on our PV's. A drag is a dose. Each time you take a drag, you receive a dose.
In other words, the nicotine you're enjoying in your e-juice is legal. Health Canada is lying when they say it's covered by the Food & Drug Regulations. It's specifically exempted in our case.
Hope you've found this reference enlightening. HC is violating Canadian law by attempting to restrict a substance that in this case is exempt from restriction. And they're doing it while Parliament is dissolved and all our MP's are temporarily focused on their respective election campaigns, rather than constituent complaints and issues. Are you angry? You should be.
Should you settle for being angry? No. We're going to find out precisely how to contact a good legal team about a class-action lawsuit against Health Canada. We won't rest until that's done. Due to our lack of funds, we're going to ask that legal team to take us on pro bono. We may have to ask several times; but eventually someone (hopefully someone good) will see the benefit to themselves in taking our case pro bono. This is going to be a big case, and a big win - for vapers. Because the law is on our side.
And while I'm at it, watch once more as Heston gives us the perfect response to HC:
HC is the ape.
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