THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT – Documentary Video


 

THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT – Documentary Video – National Archives and Records Administration – ARC Identifier 37991 / Local Identifier 170.151 – THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT – Department of Justice. Drug Enforcement Administration. (07/01/1973 – ). Association of professional and legal responsibilities in pharmacy practice. Producer: National Archives and Records Administration. Creative Commons license: CC0 1.0 Universal The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) was enacted into law by the Congress of the United States as Title II of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970.[1] The CSA is the federal US drug policy under which the manufacture, importation, possession, use and distribution of certain substances is regulated. The Act also served as the national implementing legislation for the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. The legislation created five Schedules (classifications), with varying qualifications for a substance to be included in each. Two federal agencies, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Food and Drug Administration, determine which substances are added to or removed from the various schedules, though the statute passed by Congress created the initial listing, and Congress has sometimes scheduled other substances through legislation such as the Hillory J. Farias and Samantha Reid Date-Rape Prevention Act of 2000, which placed gamma hydroxybutyrate in Schedule I. Classification decisions are required to be made on criteria including potential for abuse (an undefined term

 

Cleotha Staples Dead: Founding Member Of The Staples Singers Dies At 78

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