Drug laws current

Evolution of Current Law. Congressional Digest 82, no. 9 (November 2003) 260-261. This chronology through 2000 presents milestones in the history of prescription drug laws. 

Drug Use in the United States 27 Medical Science and Drug Use 32 Development of Drug Laws 32 The San Francisco Ordinance 33 Pure Food and Drug Act 33 Harrison Narcotics Tax Act 33 Alcohol Prohibition 35 Post-Prohibition Legislation 36 Current Drug Laws 37 Summary 41... 

Each state has the opportunity to modify current drug laws according to its own needs and preferences. Most states have adopted guidelines, but many have changed certain components. For example, marijuana is classified as a Schedule 1 substance, but the penalties for possession in many states arc less severe than those applied to other Schedule I substances. In fact, at least 11 states at some time have passed legislation to decriminalize marijuana possc,ssion. 

Current drug laws and policies, however, greatly hamper the efforts of researchers to investigate these and other potential medical uses of illegal drugs ... 

James P. Gray, Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do About It A Judicial Indictment of the War on Drugs. Philadelphia Temple University Press, 2001. A recent book that builds the most powerful attack on current drug laws yet. 

Xenon (Xe) represents an innovation in the field of anaesthesia. Its narcotic effect was discovered only in 1951. Clinical studies proved the principle applicability even as mono-anaesthetic. The marketing of xenon as finished pharmaceutical requires authorization according to the current drug law regulations. The high price for xenon can be reduced by its recycling from exhaled gas. In order to enable the substitution of all anaesthetics by xenon, considerable increases in capacity of air separation plants would be required. 

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