U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

Work supported in part by Public Health Service grant DA 01642 and by funding from the World Health Organization, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the VCU Grant-in-Aid Program, and the A.D. Williams Fund. 

Website of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Contains legal information about drug use and abuse. 

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) - under the Department of Justice. Its mission is to enforce narcotics and controlled substances laws and regulations as well as enforces those regulations. 

Under the Controlled Substances Act of 1988, being arrested for use or possession of a small amount of dextroamphetamine in the United States is classified by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as a personal use amount. Anyone charged with an offense of possessing a personal use amount faces a civil fine of up to 10,000. The fine amount is based on the offender s income and assets, as well as the circumstances surrounding the case. With first offenses, jail time is typically not involved, and the proceedings are civil rather than criminal. This means that if the offender pays the fine, stays out of trouble for three years, and passes a subsequent drug test, the case is dismissed and no criminal or civil record of it is made. 

Drugs of Abuse. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. March 20, 2002 (April 1, 2002). [Pg.145]

The allegation stems from an incident on May 21, 1999, when the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) seized 30 gallons of a DMT-containing tea called hoasca from the office of the church president. UDV church members claim hoasca is an essential sacrament, like peyote is to the Native American church. At the time, no church members were arrested or charged with any crime. 

On August 12, 1999, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration made ketamine a Schedule III drug. Schedule III drugs are approved for medical use, though their recreational use or abuse may lead to moderate or... 

Nitrous oxide is not a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration controlled substance. Nitrous oxide is regulated at the federal level by the United States Food and Dmg Administration (FDA), as a food-grade propellant, medical grade gas, and prescription drug. In the... 

Because of methylphenidate s potential risk for addiction and abuse, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) classifies it in the Schedule II category of drugs, which includes cocaine, opium, morphine, and other narcotics, and barbiturates—all drugs that carry a significant risk of abuse. To be included in the Schedule II category means the DEA must approve how much of the drug can be produced yearly. 

The Chemical Operations Section Office of Diversion Control U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Washington D.C. 20537. 

The adverse effects of amphetamine and related sympathomimetic appetite suppressants are well documented. All of these agents are classified by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as controlled substances (classes II-IV) according to their potential for causing addiction (see Table 15.4). Class II agents such as amphetamine are highly abused, with prescription restricted to speeial circumstances class TV anorectic drugs such as sibutramine, phentermine, di-ethylpropion, and mazindol have minimal abuse potential. 

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