Section 29.1 of the Food and Drugs Act lets the Minister establish a list of prescription drugs or classes of prescription drugs, and says the list is not a regulation under the Statutory Instruments Act (Justice Laws, Food and Drugs Act). The Food and Drug Regulations define the Prescription Drug List as that list (Justice Laws, FDR).
The list itself states that it does not include medicinal ingredients listed in the schedules of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Health Canada, PDL). That is why psilocybin, a Schedule III substance, does not appear on it. Some substances discussed alongside psychedelics are handled this way instead: the human-use list shows “Ibogaine or its salts or derivatives or analogues” with an effective date of 16 May 2017 (Health Canada, PDL).
Being on the list is not an approval. It means a drug containing that ingredient would need a prescription if it were sold. Not legal or medical advice.
General information, not legal advice.
Sources
- Health Canada: Prescription Drug List, human use
- Justice Laws: Food and Drugs Act
- Justice Laws: Food and Drug Regulations
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