Phenyl acetic acid is listed in the Drugs Act as a scheduled substance but scheduled substances in the Drugs Act are very different from scheduled substances in the Medicines Act.

Did you know that Hydrochloric Acid is listed in the Drugs Act as a scheduled substance? The battery in your motor car contains hydrochloric acid. How can this be a drug?

Did you know that Acetone is listed as a scheduled substance in the Drugs Act? You use acetone to clean the varnish off your pretty finger nails. How can this be a drug?

You may never have heard of phenylacetic acid but it is a harmless industrial chemical used in the production of perfume. How can this be a drug?

Phenyl acetic acid is not a drug in the land of chemistry and neither is it a drug in the land of the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act.

Judge Erasmus is lying to say or suggest that phenyl acetic acid is or could be a drug.

Below Annex E3 is a list of 11 inclusions within the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act that show convincingly that phenyl acetic acid is not a drug.