2. Key points:-
• “Federalization” or
“nationalization” of drug control
• This act forms the basis of
federal government
enforcement efforts.
Defines a drug-dependent person.
Established five categories of scheduled
drugs (controlled substances).
Provides for strict regulation of controlled
substances
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3. 1970 - Comprehensive Drug Abuse
Prevention and Control Act - consolidates
previous drug laws and reduces penalties
for marijuana possession. It also
strengthens law enforcement by allowing
police to conduct "no-knock" searches
The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) was
formed to enforce the laws concerning
narcotics and their distribution
Created a stair-step schedule of
controlled substances
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4. What is a Drug?
A drug may be any
ingestive substance
that has a noticeable
effect upon the mind or
body.
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5. This act divided substances with
abuse potential into categories
based on the degree of their abuse
potential and clinical usefulness
Schedules I, II, III, IV, V which
classify psychoactive drugs
according to degree of
psychoactivity and abuse potential
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6. Schedule I substances have high-abuse
potential and no currently approved
medicinal uses; they cannot be prescribed.
Schedule II substances have high-abuse
potential but are approved for medical
uses and can be prescribed.
Schedule I–V reflects the likelihood of
abuse and clinical usefulness
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7. Controlled Substance Act
Schedule I - • heroin
(MOST DANGEROUS) • LSD
Controlled •
substances that have
mescaline
no established • peyote
medical usage, • methaqualone
cannot be used
safely, and have
• psilocybin
great potential for • marijuana
abuse. This schedule • hashish
includes:
• other specified
hallucinogens
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8. Controlled Substance Act
Schedule II -
Substances defined as
drugs with high abuse
potential for which there • opium
is currently accepted • morphine
pharmacological or • codeine
medical use. Most are • cocaine
considered addictive. • PCP
Examples: • other
derivatives
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9. Controlled Substance Act
Schedule III -
This schedule involves
lower abuse potential
than drugs in Schedules
I or II. They have an • Many drugs
accepted medical use, found in
but may lead to high
level of psychological Schedule II,
dependence or to but in
moderate or low physical derivative or
dependence. Examples diluted form.
include:
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10. Controlled Substance Act
Schedule IV -
These have a relatively
low potential for abuse,
are useful in
established medical • depressants
treatments, and involve • minor
only limited risk of tranquilizers
psychological or • some
physical dependency. stimulants
Examples include:
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11. Controlled Substance Act
Schedule V -
(Least Dangerous)
Prescription drugs • Cough medicines
with low potential containing opium,
for abuse and only morphine, or
limited possibility codeine
for psychological • Anti-diarrhetics
or physical containing opium,
dependence. morphine, or
Examples: codeine.
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12. It is a United States federal law requires
the pharmaceutical industry to maintain
physical security and strict record keeping
for certain types of drugs.
The CSA is the federal U.S. drug policy
under which the manufacture, importation,
possession, use and distribution of certain
substances is regulated.
This law is a consolidation of numerous laws
regulating the manufacture and distribution
of narcotics, stimulants, depressants,
hallucinogens, anabolic steroids, and
chemicals used in the illicit production of
controlled substances. The act also provides
a mechanism for substances to be controlled,
added to a schedule, decontrolled, removed
from control, rescheduled, or transferred
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13. Proceedings to add, delete, or change
the schedule of a drug or other
substance may be initiated by the
Drug Enforcement Administration
(DEA), the
Department of Health and Human Service
(HHS)
The DEA also may begin an investigation
of a drug at any time based upon
information received from law enforce
-ment laboratories, state,local law
enforcement andregulatory agencies, or
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14. DEA(data) HHS
Administrator request
drug to Assistant
be controlled secretaryHealth HHS
or not
commissioner Evaluation from
FDA NIDA
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15. Once the DEA has collected the
necessary data, the Administrator of the
Drug Enforcement Association, by
authority of the Attorney General,
requests from the HHS a scientific and
medical evaluation and recommendation as
to whether the drug or other substance
should be controlled or removed from
control. This request is sent to the
Assistant Secretary of Health of the
HHS, Then, the HHS solicits information
from the Commissioner of the Food and
Drug Administration and
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16. and evaluations and recommendations
from the National Institute on Drug
Abuse, and on occasion, from the
scientific and medical community.
The Assistant Secretary, by authority
of the Secretary, compiles the
information and transmits back to the
DEA a medical and scientific evaluation
regarding the drug or other substance,
a recommendation as to whether the
drug should be controlled, and in what
schedule it should be placed.
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17. Every schedule otherwise requires finding and
specifying the "potential for abuse" before a
substance can be placed in that schedule.[16]The
specific classification of any given drug or other
substance is usually a source of controversy, as is
the purpose and effectiveness of the entire
regulatory scheme.
"The term 'controlled substance' means a drug or
other substance, or immediate precursor, included
in schedule I, II, III, IV, or V . The term does not
include distilled spirits, wine, malt beverages, or
tobacco, as those terms are defined or used in
subtitle E of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986." 21 U.S.C. § 802(6)
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