PSYC62H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Ghrelin, Drug Delivery, Group Psychotherapy
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Regulatory agencies and drug classfication: can also characterize drugs by their legal status, laws limit the availability of drugs deemed to have a significant risk of abuse. Harrison narcotics act: u. s. federal law passed in 1915 that restricted the sale of narcotics primarily opioid drugs, to medical uses-one of the first national regulations on drugs of abuse: exclude treating withdrawal symptoms in opioid dependence. Controlled substances act: u. s. federal law passed in 1970 that regulates sale and possession of drugs identified as controlled substances- first described drugs of abuse as controlled substances led to a classification system of controlled substances schedules. Controlled substances schedules: a scheduling system mandated by the controlled. Lds, cannabis: other countries use different scheduling systems for controlled substances, ex. United kingdom assesses the harm caused by abused drugs according to three classification levels: class a drugs cause the most harm and carry the stiffest penalties for possession and drug dealing.
