Dangerous Drugs Act

The Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (revised 1980) regulates the manufacture, importation, exportation, sale and use of narcotics. The Director of Pharmacy is the competent authority to issue import and export permits for narcotics under The Singles Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961. 

Controlled Substances Act This important piece of legislation outlines the control, evaluation, and penalties of all narcotic agents and other dangerous drugs. 

This decision established a firm constitutional basis for federal requirements being imposed on the distribution of drugs and upheld the Harrison Narcotic Act of 1914, which would be the main instrument for federal control of dangerous drugs until the passage of the Controlled Substances Act in 1970. (Congress would also use its taxation power to control drugs in the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937.)... 

Possession of amyl nitrite without a prescription in Pennsylvania is a misdemeanor under the state s Controlled Substances, Drugs, Devices, and Cosmetics Act. A first-time conviction carries a penalty of up to three years in state prison and a fine of up to 5,000. A second offense conviction carries a penalty of up to three years in prison and a fine of up to 25,000. In Georgia, amyl nitrite is considered a dangerous drug. A conviction for possession without a prescription carries a penalty of up to a year in jail and a fine of up to 5,000. A conviction of amyl nitrite possession in outh Dakota is a Class One misdemeanor. It carries a maximum penalty of one year in county jail and a fine of 1,000 for the first offense. 

When President Clinton signed the Hillary J. Farias and Samantha Reid Date Rape Drug Prohibition Act into law in 2000, he ordered the DEA to categorize GHB as a dangerous drug with no medical benefits. However, he also allowed Orphan Medical an exemption to continue its research on therapeutic uses for the compound and to market it for narcolepsy if it was approved by the FDA. 

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act Dangerous Cargo Act Federal Coal Mining Safety Health Act Federal Food Drug Cosmetic Act Federal Insecticide, Fungicide Rodent Act Federal Water Pollution Control Act Hazardous Materials Transport Act Occupational Safety and Health Act Safe Drinking Water Act Toxic Substance Control Act... 

Substances Act). The classification of psilocybin, psilocin, and many other entheogens as dangerous drugs is primarily based on socio-political reasons rather than clinical-scientific evidence. Psilocybin, psilocin, and DMT are also internationally classified as Schedule 1 substances by the 1971 United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances. 

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