Legislation controlled substances

The Controlled Substances Act of 1970 regulates die manufacture, distribution, and dispensing of drugs that have abuse potential (see information under Federal Drag Legislation and Enforcement in diis chapter). Drag under the Controlled Substances Act are divided into five schedules, based on their potential for abuse and physical and psychological dependence Display 1-2 describes the five schedules. 

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

In addition to a health care provider s unique identification number, some states require that prescriptions for controlled substances be written on tamper-resistant security prescription forms. The purpose of this legislation is to prevent forgeries and to tighten the control of prescription order forms. 

The Supreme Court s opinion, delivered by Justice Clarence Thomas, seems to start by being dubious about the use of any necessity defense that is not actually allowed by the law in question. (The Controlled Substances Act allows use of marijuana only in federally authorized research projects and has no provision for medical necessity.) The Court noted that the creation of e.xceptions to legislation is properly a function of the legislature, not of the courts. 

The Cooperative is also correct that the District Court in this case had discretion. The Controlled Substances Act vests district courts with jurisdiction to enjoin violations of the Act, 21 U.S.C. 882(a). But a grant of jurisdiction to issue [equitable relief] hardly suggests an absolute duty to do so under any and all circumstances, Hecht, supra, at 329 (emphasis omitted). Because the District Court s use of equitable power is not textually required by any clear and valid legislative command, the court did not have to issue an injunction. 

In 1970, federal legislation was enacted to help control the abuse of legal and illegal drugs. The Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act (or Controlled Substances Act) placed drugs into specific... 

GHB precursors, or analogs (similar chemical compounds also known as chemical cousins ), were the legal way for users to achieve effects physiologically equivalent to GHB. Then, in February 2000, federal legislation made the GHB precursors controlled substances. 

As a result of various government efforts, many patent medicines were eliminated from the market. Legislative efforts continued throughout the century. The 1970 passage of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), Title II of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act, established comprehensive federal guidelines for controlling narcotics that consolidated previous laws. 

According to published reports, Rohypnol was first used to commit date rape in 1993. In 1996, President Clinton signed the Drug-Induced Rape Prevention and Punishment Act. This legislation provides for prison sentences of up to 20 years for anyone possessing a controlled substance with the intent to commit a violent crime, including rape, by secretly drugging someone else. 

In March 2007, new legislation on the control of precursor chemicals and controlled substances became operational in Peru. The objective of the legislation is to enable law enforcement authorities to monitor and control substances that can be used in the illicit manufacture of drugs. 

At the Federal level, controlled substances are listed within a system of five schedules in the Controlled Substances Act. These Schedules are described in Table 1.2. Schedule I contains the most strongly controlled substances, while Schedule V includes the most moderately controlled. Those drugs contained in Schedules II to V may be prescribed, while those in Schedule I may not. The data in the table illustrate a point which requires to be addressed, particularly at cross-border (International, State or County) levels, that is, one of nomenclature. In the United Kingdom, heroin is taken to mean the mixture of products resulting from the synthesis of diamorphine from morphine. Both compounds are listed separately in UK legislation, although heroin is not. However, in the United States, heroin can sometimes be taken to mean diamorphine and the two are sometimes used interchangeably. 

In the UK, the principle legislative documents are the Misuse of Drugs Act, 1971, plus its amendment orders, and the Misuse of Drugs (Regulations), 2001. In the United States, drugs are controlled at the Federal level by the Controlled Substances Act. Control also exists at the State and County levels. An analogous... 

Drug classifications for law enforcement today are based on the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, which classifies drugs according to their legitimate medical uses and their potential for abuse and dependence. Other legislation has been enacted in the years since to respond to changes in drug-use patterns. 

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