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Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act (Controlled Substance Act, 1970) BY SAKSHI DAHIYA

MPHARM(DRA) 1ST SEM

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Key points:-• “Federalization” or “nationalization” of drug control

• This act forms the basis of federal government enforcement efforts. Defines a drug-dependent person.Established five categories of scheduled

drugs (controlled substances).Provides for strict regulation of controlled

substances

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1970 - Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act - consolidates previous drug laws and reduces penalties for marijuana possession. It also strengthens law enforcement by allowing police to conduct "no-knock" searches

The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) was formed to enforce the laws concerning narcotics and their distribution

Created a stair-step schedule of controlled substances

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A drug may be any ingestive substance that has a noticeable effect upon the mind or body.

What is a Drug?

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This act divided substances with abuse potential into categories based on the degree of their abuse potential and clinical usefulness

Schedules I, II, III, IV, V which classify psychoactive drugs according to degree of psychoactivity and abuse potential

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Schedule I substances have high-abuse potential and no currently approved medicinal uses; they cannot be prescribed.

Schedule II substances have high-abuse potential but are approved for medical uses and can be prescribed.

Schedule I–V reflects the likelihood of abuse and clinical usefulness

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Schedule I - (MOST DANGEROUS)Controlled substances that have no established medical usage, cannot be used safely, and have great potential for abuse. This schedule includes:

• heroin• LSD• mescaline• peyote• methaqualone• psilocybin• marijuana• hashish• other specified

hallucinogens

Controlled Substance Act

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Schedule II -

Substances defined as drugs with high abuse potential for which there is currently accepted pharmacological or medical use. Most are considered addictive. Examples:

• opium• morphine• codeine• cocaine• PCP• other

derivatives

Controlled Substance Act

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Schedule III -

This schedule involves lower abuse potential than drugs in Schedules I or II. They have an accepted medical use, but may lead to high level of psychological dependence or to moderate or low physical dependence. Examples include:

• Many drugs found in Schedule II, but in derivative or diluted form.

Controlled Substance Act

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Schedule IV -

These have a relatively low potential for abuse, are useful in established medical treatments, and involve only limited risk of psychological or physical dependency. Examples include:

• depressants • minor

tranquilizers• some

stimulants

Controlled Substance Act

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Schedule V - (Least Dangerous)Prescription drugs with low potential for abuse and only limited possibility for psychological or physical dependence. Examples:

• Cough medicines containing opium, morphine, or codeine

• Anti-diarrhetics containing opium, morphine, or codeine.

Controlled Substance Act

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 It is a United States federal law  requires the pharmaceutical industry to maintain physical security and strict record keeping for certain types of drugs.  The CSA is the federal U.S. drug policy under which the manufacture, importation, possession, use and distribution of certain substances is regulated. This law is a consolidation of numerous laws regulating the manufacture and distribution of narcotics, stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, anabolic steroids, and chemicals used in the illicit production of controlled substances. The act also provides a mechanism for substances to be controlled, added to a schedule, decontrolled, removed from control, rescheduled, or transferred from one schedule to another.

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Proceedings to add, delete, or change the schedule of a drug or other substance may be initiated by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), theDepartment of Health and Human Services (HHS)

The DEA also may begin an investigation of a drug at any time based upon information received from law enforce -ment laboratories, state,local law enforcement andregulatory agencies, or other sources of information.

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DEA(data) HHSAdministrator request drug to Assistant be controlled secretaryHealth HHS or not commissioner Evaluation

from FDA NIDA

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Once the DEA has collected the necessary data, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Association, by authority of the Attorney General, requests from the HHS a scientific and medical evaluation and recommendation as to whether the drug or other substance should be controlled or removed from control. This request is sent to the Assistant Secretary of Health of the HHS,  Then, the HHS solicits information from the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and

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and evaluations and recommendations from the National Institute on Drug Abuse,  and on occasion, from the scientific and medical community.

The Assistant Secretary, by authority of the Secretary, compiles the information and transmits back to the DEA a medical and scientific evaluation regarding the drug or other substance, a recommendation as to whether the drug should be controlled, and in what schedule it should be placed.

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Every schedule otherwise requires finding and specifying the "potential for abuse" before a substance can be placed in that schedule.[16]The specific classification of any given drug or other substance is usually a source of controversy, as is the purpose and effectiveness of the entire regulatory scheme.

"The term 'controlled substance' means a drug or other substance, or immediate precursor, included in schedule I, II, III, IV, or V . The term does not include distilled spirits, wine, malt beverages, or tobacco, as those terms are defined or used in subtitle E of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986." 21 U.S.C. § 802(6)

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