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What Is Meant by Schedules of Drugs?

Question by [email protected]: What is meant by Schedules of drugs?

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Answer by msscarlet47
If you are referring to narcotics schedule is the class of the narcotic and has to do with their strength.

Answer by Yahooligan
Drug Schedules

The Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act was made law in 1970. Title II of this law, the Controlled Substances Act, is the legal foundation of narcotics enforcement in the United States. The Controlled Substances Act regulates the manufacture, possession, movement, and distribution of drugs in our country. It places all drugs into one of five schedules, or classifications, and is controlled by the Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services, including the Federal Drug Administration.
The following list contains examples of the five schedules.

Hoffman's Heroin Points to Surge in Grim Trade

Hoffman's Heroin Points to Surge in Grim Trade
Drug Enforcement Agency. From 2010 to 2012, after several years of decline, heroin-related overdose deaths increased 84 percent in New York City to 382, according to the Health Department statistics. Staten Island, where prescription drug addiction has …
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Puerto Rico has One of the Highest HIV/AIDS Rates in the US
In 2007, Joseph Carroll Miranda helped start El Punto en la Montaña, a group that offers medical supplies and services to addicts who live in rural areas, out of the reach of government services. Operating on a shoestring budget of about $ 50,000 a year …
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I Have a Question for Doctors and Other Drug Prescribing Personel?

Question by Nathan: I have a question for Doctors and other drug prescribing personel?
ok so im depressed and most likely bipolar among other severities and I am looking to see my doctor about some prescriptions, now would it be ok to ask for certain drugs that you want??

and if they ask me if i self medicate(which i do), would it benefit me to say no ? Or to just be honest and tell them that i do, which would be smoking pot, and other drugs lyk cocaine, meth, and maybe even exctasy?? i was just wondering kuz i do want and need the prescriptions but dont wana screw it up for myself.

Dr. David Sack of Promises Treatment Centers Interview About Prescription Drug Abuse on FuseTV

Dr. David Sack of Promises Treatment Centers Interview about Prescription Drug Abuse on FuseTV — Dr. David Sack, CEO of renowned Promises Treatment Centers is interviewed on Fuse TV about the use of prescription drugs in the mainstream, as well as in the…


How Parents Can Assess a Teen Is at Risk for Drug Abuse

How Parents Can Assess a Teen Is at Risk for Drug Abuse — David Sack, M.D., addiction psychiatrist helps parents understand the risk factors for teen drug abuse as he did in his Huffington Post column, How to Assess…


Public's help sought in locating stolen SOS for Youth trailer
The enclosed trailer that SOS for Youth uses to haul the teen acting company's gear and equipment to and from shows was stolen sometime between Tuesday evening and Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 4-5. Advertisement. “Our trailer was nothing fancy but it was …
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Does Anyone Know of a Good Detox and Inpatient Treatment Center in Milwaukee, WI?

Question by EzraMoon: Does anyone know of a good detox and inpatient treatment center in Milwaukee, WI?

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Answer by kermit
I’ve heard Meta House is really good.
Are you a woman? They specialize in women. Its downtown on prospect.
http://www.fare-wi.org/agencies/METAHOUSE.htm

my friend was doing outpatiet stuff there… she said it was pretty good…and my friends sister did inpatient there.

Answer by Kat
I hope this helps!

“www.vhp4.com/

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