Cabinet Order Amending Narcotics, Psychotropics, Raw-Material Plants and Precursor Designations

AI summary

Generated by AI from the Japanese source metadata. It is an unofficial monitoring aid, not legal advice, and may contain errors. The area, stage, and impact labels are preliminary keyword-based triage labels. Confirm every point in the original Japanese source.

Summary

This item concerns a Cabinet Order that partially amends the existing order designating narcotics, narcotic raw-material plants, psychotropics, and narcotic/psychotropic precursors (Cabinet Order No. 238 of 1990). According to the metadata, the amending order (Cabinet Order No. 258 of 2026) carries a promulgation date of 2026-08-07 and an effective date of 2026-09-06. The specific substances added, removed, or reclassified are not described in the provided metadata.

Business Impact

Organizations handling controlled substances, precursors, or related raw-material plants may be affected if the amendment changes which items are designated or how they are regulated. Compliance, procurement, and licensing processes could require review depending on the specific changes.

Recommended Action

Review the official Japanese Cabinet Order at the provided e-Gov source to confirm the exact designations and any obligations before relying on this unofficial summary.

Timeline of related official records

Related official records are linked only when names and instrument numbers match exactly, so this timeline may be incomplete. Dates are as stated by the official sources. It is a monitoring aid, not legal advice; the original Japanese sources are authoritative.

1. 2026-08-07 — Promulgated (instrument recorded by e-Gov Law Search) 麻薬、麻薬原料植物、向精神薬、麻薬向精神薬原料等を指定する政令の一部を改正する政令（令和八年政令第二百五十八号） (this update) Original Japanese source
2. 2026-09-06 — Effective date stated by e-Gov Law Search 麻薬、麻薬原料植物、向精神薬、麻薬向精神薬原料等を指定する政令 (this update) Original Japanese source