Schedule designation drugs

Designer drug Any drug that is created to be chemically and pharmacologically similar to one listed in Schedules I to V and regulated under the CSA. 

The Schedule I designation of marijuana has been disputed over the past 15 or more years. Some physicians would like to see it as a Schedule II drug so that it could be used therapeutically in the treatment of the nausea, vomiting and anxiety caused by cancer chemotherapy and as an antiglaucoma agent (lowers intraocular pressure). It should be noted that the neuroleptic prochlorperazine is an effective antinausea drug which can be used without producing the psychoactive effects of marijuana. 

Schedule I drugs are illegal to possess, except in research performed under highly regulated conditions designed to protect patients. Other Schedule I drugs include heroin, marijuana, and LSD. 

In the United States, fentanyl and its analogs can be considered either a Schedule I or II drug depending on the amount involved. The DEA is pushing to remove all designer drugs from the street, so makers are being tar-... 

Common Pain Relieving Drugs and Their Schedule Designation... 

As reports of Rohypnol abuse continued, the United States moved to make the drug illegal. In 1995, Rohypnol was placed on Schedule III of the 1971 Convention of Psychotropic Substances and was designated a Schedule IV drug. This designation means that it has some medical use. However, it is illegal to import Rohypnol into the... 

GHB has been used both for legitimate clinical and chnical research purposes and for a range of iUicit purposes. It was marketed legally in the United States until 1990, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned its sale to consumers. Except for the one indication described later in this section, GHB is a Schedule I controlled substance without other FDA-approved indications. The FDA has also declared y-butyrolactone (GBL) as a List I chemical and 1,4-butanediol (1,4-BD) as a Class I health hazard, practically designating these GHB precursors, which are also industrial solvents, as illicit and unapproved new drugs (National Institute on Drug Abuse 2000). 

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