Exam 2 Flashcards
Why was the Controlled Substances Act enacted?
- Created new category of substances and drugs
- Used registration to control the distribution of controlled entities
Overall: reduce the diversion of controlled substances to illicit markets
Factors to Determine Scheduling or Removal from Schedules
- Its actual or relative potential for abuse
- Scientific evidence of its pharmacologic effect, if known
- The state of current knowledge regarding the drug or other substance
- Its history and current pattern of abuse
- The scope, duration, and significance of abuse
- What, if any, risk there is to public health
- Its psychic or physiological dependence liability
- Whether the substance is an immediate precursor of a substance already controlled under this subchapter
What can the Factors to Determine Scheduling or Removal from Schedules lead to
- Becomes scheduled when it was previously not
- Changes to a different schedule than it was previously in
- Is removed from the schedules entirely
- Remains in its current position (controlled/uncontrolled)
Schedule I: Medical Use?
No
Schedule I: Abuse Potential?
High
Schedule I: Physiological Dependency?
Not defined
Schedule I: Physical Dependency?
Not defined
Schedule II: Medical Use?
Yes
Schedule II: Abuse Potential?
High
Schedule II: Psychological Dependency?
Severe
Schedule II: Physical Dependency?
Severe
Schedule III: Medical Use?
Yes
Schedule III: Abuse Potential?
Lower than I or II
Schedule II: Psychological Dependency?
High
Schedule III: Physical Dependency?
Moderate to low
Schedule IV: Medical Use?
Yes
Schedule IV: Abuse Potential?
Lower than III
Schedule IV: Psychological Dependency?
Limited
Schedule IV: Physical Dependency?
Limited
Schedule V: Medical Use?
Yes
Schedule V: Abuse Potential?
Lower than IV
Schedule V: Psychological Dependency?
Limited
Schedule V: Physical Dependency?
Limited
Schedule I examples
MDMA
marijuana
heroin
mescaline