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Source U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (2001). Information available at http //www. 

TABLE 14.1 U.S. DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS... 

When methaqualone first entered the U.S. market in the mid-sixties, it was classified as a Schedule V drug by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). Schedule V... 

It is important to note that Class II (C-II) controlled substances now can be ordered electronically Pharmacies must first enroll with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to acquire a digital certificate. The C-II orders are created using a computerized inventory system, electronically signed using a... 

Although currently classified as a Schedule IV drug, the U.S. drug enforcement agency is considering reclassifying it as Schedule I... 

Yet cocaine is still available. According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, cocaine is the second most commonly used illicit drug in the United States. About ten percent of Americans over the age of 12 have tried cocaine at least once in their lifetime. About two percent have tried crack. And nearly one percent of all Americans are currently using cocaine. 

Leary was sentenced to prison on drug charges in 1971, but escaped and fled to Switzerland. In 1974, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency recaptured him. While imprisoned, Leary continued to write about LSD and the counterculture. When he died of prostate cancer at the age of 76 in 1996, he had written more than 27 books and 250 articles. American poet Allen Ginsberg called Leary "a hero of American consciousness."... 

Its euphoric properties are due primarily to inhibition of catecholamine uptake, particularly dopamine, in the CNS. Other local anesthetics do not block the uptake of norepinephrine and do not produce the sensitization to catecholamines, vasoconstriction, or mydriasis characteristic of cocaine. Currently, cocaine is used primarily for topical anesthesia of the upper respiratory tract, where its combination of both vasoconstrictor and local anesthetic properties provide anesthesia and shrinking of the mucosa. Because of its abuse potential, cocaine is listed as a schedule II drug by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. 

Selected Intelligence Brief Cocaine Signature Program Report, U.S. Drug Enforcement agency, January 2003. Available online, URL www.dea.gov. 

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