Controlled Substances Act

In the US, the Controlled Substances Act regulates pharmaceuticals. It divides drugs into classes called schedules and established rules for enforcement of the schedules.

Drug Schedules

Required findings as followed:

Schedule I.

(A) The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.

(B) The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.

(C) There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision.

Examples of Schedule I drugs include heroin and other opiates, methampethines, MDMA (ecstasy), LSD, marijuana, and mescaline.

Schedule II.

(A) The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.

(B) The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States or a currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions.

(C) Abuse of the drug or other substances may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.

Schedule II drugs include some opiate pain medications (e.g., morphine, methadone), cocaine (legal as a topical surgical anesthetic only), Ritalin, amphetamines, opium, and barbiturates.

Schedule III.

(A) The drug or other substance has a potential for abuse less than the drugs or other substances in schedules I and II.

(B) The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.

(C) Abuse of the drug or other substance may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychologicaldependence.

Anabolic steroids, ketamine, and certain pain and stimulant medications are listed on Schedule III.

Schedule IV.

(A) The drug or other substance has a low potential for abuse relative to the drugs or other substances in schedule III.

(B) The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.

(C) Abuse of the drug or other substance may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological dependence relative to the drugs or other substances in schedule III.

Examples of Schedule IV substances include many psychotropic medications (e.g., Xanax, Ativan, Provigil), diet drugs (e.g., Redux), rohypnol, and Ambien.

Schedule V.

(A) The drug or other substance has a low potential for abuse relative to the drugs or other substances in schedule IV.

(B) The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.

(C) Abuse of the drug or other substance may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological dependence relative to the drugs or other substances in schedule IV.

Substances on Schedule V primarily include medications containing smaller doses of opiates (e.g., cough syrups).

Constitutionality

The constitutionality of the Controlled Substance Act has been disputed. In 1972, the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse, commissioned by President Richard Nixon, reported questioned whether the Act has violated various constitutional limitation on federal power. Nixon and the Congress ignored the committee's findings and the Act was implemented anyways. In 2005, the Supreme Court decided in case Gonzales v. Raich, in a 6-3 decision that the Controlled Substance Act did not violate the Commerce Clause in United States Constitution. The decision cited Wickard v. Filburn, an FDR-era case that significantly expanded federal power over intrastate commerce.

See also

• Alcoholism-Alcohol abuse: Addiction to Alcoholic beverages-Alcohol consumption
• Cigarette-Tobacco-Nicotine addiction
• Caffeine addiction (Coffee-Tea-Cocoa-Chocolate-Soft drink)
• Drug addiction: Methamphetamine-Amphetamine-Cocaine addiction, Narcotic-Marijuana-Morphine-OxyContin-Oxycodon-Heroin-Ecstasy-MDMA-Benzodiazepine
• Food addiction: Gluttony-Atheism and gluttony, Obesity, Homosexuality and obesity, Atheism and the fat acceptance movement, Chuck Norris on the topic of obesity, Anorexia nervosa and Bulimia nervosa, Homosexuality and eating disorders
• Pornography and Sex addiction: Lust, Atheism and hedonism, Sexually Transmitted Disease, Social effects of pornography, Teen pregnancy
• Gambling addiction: Mafia

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• War on Drugs and the Police state
• Drug trafficking of the [[
• Vice and Liberal values-Liberalism: Similarities between Communism, Nazism and liberalism
• Hollywood values, San Francisco values and the Homosexual agenda: Homosexuality and Illegal Drug Use and Homosexuality and smoking
• Fashion industry values and drug addition
• Professor values and Political correctness
• Public school values entitlement mentality Indoctrination of the Teacup Generation by Public schools in the United States and Common Core
• Big Government-Welfare State-Nanny State-Police State: Globalist-Statist-Socialist-Communist
• National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi)
• Nazism and socialism: National Socialism - the Nazis were elitist Police state liberals not conservatives
• Liberal totalitarianism

Contrast With

• Self-control, Temperance, Teetotalism, Just Say No, Abstinence, Sexual continence, Virginity, Conservative morality
• Libertarian values and Conservative values/Traditional values are the original American Patriot values
• Capitalism and Free enterprise
• Small town values of middle class Real America
• Family values and Parental rights: Virginity, Sanctity of life, Family-Marriage, Parochial school and Homeschooling teaching Virtue, Duty, and Self-reliance
• Essay:Conservative Benefits

References

• Controlled Substances Act from U.S. DEA website