Transcript Unit_8_Drug_Classes

Drug
Classes
“The Controlled Substance
Act”
The government maintains five schedules of
classifications for controlled substances
Controlled substances are placed in these
schedules according to:
Potential for abuse
Potential for dependence
Medical value
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Abuse
Inappropriate use
 Unwarranted use
 Over use
 May or may not be
addictive
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Dependence
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Physical dependence occurs when
the drug becomes necessary for
their body to function normally
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Psychological dependence occurs
when a person thinks they need a
drug to function normally
Tolerance
Requires increasing doses to
maintain the same effects
 Having tolerance means a person can
take larger doses without catastrophic
reactions.
 High levels of drug at death may not
be cause of death.
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Schedule I
High potential for abuse
 No currently accepted medical
use
Heroin
Marijuana
PCP
LSD
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Schedule II
High potential for abuse
 Some medicinal use
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Cocaine opium
Some opium derivatives
Dronabinol
Schedule III
Less potential for abuse than
I & II
 Current accepted medical use
 low/moderate physical
dependence or high
psychological dependence
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Schedule III-Drugs
Barbiturate
preparations
Certain
preparations
of codeine
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Schedule IV
Lower potential for abuse
than schedule III
Valid medical use
Limited dependence
Darvon Phenobarbital
Valium
Librium
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Schedule V
Low abuse potential
 Valid medical use
 Lower potential for producing
dependence than schedule IV
Robitussin
Low dose codeine preps.
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GA Laws Schedule I & II
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1st Offense –Purchase/Possess
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2nd Offense –Purchase/Possess
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2 to 15 years
5 to 30 years
Sell or Intent
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1st – 5 to 30
2nd-10 to 40, life
GA Laws Schedule III, IV, V
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Purchase/Possess
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1st – 1 to 5 years
Sell/Intent
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1st – 1 to 10 years
2nd – 1 to 10 years
Federal Laws
500 + grams of cocaine – minimum
of 5 years jail and up to $2 million
fine for 1st offense
 5 + grams of crack carries same
penalty
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Federal Laws
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Penalties double for 2nd offense with
cocaine
Penalties for 2nd offense with 5 – 49
grams of crack: 20 years and up to 8
million dollar fine
Federal Laws
One gram of fentanyl, heroin, LSD,
methamphetamine, and PCP
minimum of 5 years and up to $2
million fine
Federal Laws
Marijuana & Hashish
Growing fewer than 49 plants or
selling less than 50 kilgrams of
maijuana or 1 kg of hashish
1st offense maximum sentence – 5
years and up to $250,000 fine.