Dea Scheduale I

 Brought into American Legislation in 1970, 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. Known as ‘The’ federal U.S. drug policy under which the manufacture, importation, possession, use and distribution of certain substances is regulated. The Act is known to cover many schedules of drugs, it is the standard which any court in the USA tries drug offenders.

.Announced in 1969 by President Richard, he stated that the Attorney General, John N. Mitchell, was putting together a comprehensive measure to  more effectively meet the narcotic and dangerous drug problems by combining all existing federal laws into a single new statute. The CSA didn’t merely merge federal drug laws but changed the nature of federal drug law and policy, expanded the scope of federal drug laws and expanded federal power in policing and prosecuting those would offend it.

 Schedule I controlled substances were the first initiative brought on and actively enforced, it is described as a drug or other substance that has a high potential for abuse, has absolutely no use as medical treatment in the United States of America, or it has been understood that a lack of accepted safety has been reached even when used under medical supervision. Commonly referred to as the most dangerous drugs attainable through illegal measure, no prescriptions can ever be issued for these controlled substances.

 Examples of schedule I controlled substances include GHB, an extremely powerful anesthetic otherwise known as ‘Date Rape’, Heroin, MDMA or ‘Ecstasy’, PCP or ‘Angel Dust’ and countless other derivatives of each of these drugs are classified in this list. One strange law which most countries disagree with exists in that Cannabis or THC is still classified as a schedule I controlled substance even though it has been approved for medical consumption. A notion and argument many activists have more recently put to light with so many new states creating private legislature to allow medical usage despite it being illegal federally. Proverbial loopholes in the current system and draft of the Controlled Substances Act which are being actively targeted by states with many avid supporters of Cannabis. Medical usage for it has been proven in almost every developed country as an effective agent in combating many of the most dangerous illnesses, diseases such as cancer, or cerebral palsy, glaucoma and many forms of arthritis. In Canada, links and arguments have even surfaced as to it being a legitimate method of combating depression, anxiety, stress, and irregular sleeping patterns, albeit not without extensive medical assessment.

 Even a drug such as psilosybin has been classified under the Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, despite it having extremely religious and spiritual roots to the indigenous peoples of North America. Many tribal shamans and priests would commonly use ‘Magic Mushrooms’ to achieve a heightened state of enlightenment. While allowed in certain states such as Florida to be ‘picked’ and ‘possessed’ in the wild, they are not able to be consumed. Another very, very strange loophole which exists in the CSA, something decommissioning it more or less as Florida introduced new state law repealing it’s federal classification. Thus when taking into account what a Schedule I drug is, it’s often also important to read any other secondary state laws that may apply to where you are, over the CSA which is constantly in place. In numerous situations, one can find ways around how it is classified by the CSA, and find more updated versions introduced in a secular manner by a specific state.

 Re-vamped over the course of the last forty years, since the introduction of the CSA are numerous methods of drug-testing. From urine and saliva drug tests which can test for a single substance such as opiates, THC, cocaine, amphetamines and methamphetamine’s, to multi drug dips that can test for as many as eleven illicit substances; these are easily the easiest, fastest, and most cost-effective methods of drug testing. More recently introduced to the public are hair follicle tests which can look back as far as three months to see if someone has abused a narcotic. Collecting 60-80 follicles of hair which are at-least an inch and a half long, the specimen is then sent to a laboratory for analysis; so extensive and detailed a method of testing, it will be able to show just how deep the abuse is. Whether it is a casual drug-user or a habitual abuser. Laboratory urine analysis also exists which is almost identical in measuring exact levels of abuse to hair follicle testing; it’s only flaw is that it has a limited time-frame of detection. Substances such as cocaine and alcohol will be expelled and rendered undetectable by this method if 72 hours or more has elapsed.  Ultimately one must weigh in what exactly he is trying to weed out and just how much he can afford on drug testing, Law Enforcement agencies, faced with that problem have more often then not opted for urine analysis, even when hair follicle testing is known to be more effective in pin-pointing abuse; the reason is cost, some people and agencies just cannot afford to spend seventy dollars or more for a single drug test.

 

Complete and comprehensive list of schedule I drugs by the CSA –

 –         GHB – A powerful anathesic (Laboratory-Urine)

–         Ibogaine

–         Cannabis – Otherwise known as Marijuana or Weed (Urine, Saliva, Hair, Laboratory)

–         Heroin (Urine, Saliva, Hair, Laboratory)

–         Pain relievers and strong opiates such as Vilan, Palfium, Ketalgin, Paramorfan, Dipidolor, Paralaudin, Wellconal, Heptalgin and countless variations of them. (Hair, Laboratory)

–         Weaker opiods such as Peronine, Tusscodin, Valoron, Meptid, and Algeril. (Hair, Laboratory)

–         Pholcodine – A weak opiod cough suppresant with negligble abuse potential. (Hair, Laboratory)

–         MDMA – Otherwise known as Ecstacy. (Urine, Saliva, Hair, Laboratory)

–         Psilocybin – Otherwise known as Magic Mushrooms. (Laboratory-Specialized)

–         Mescaline – A psychoactive ingredient found in many cacti in South America. (Laboratory-Specialized)

–         LSD – Otherwise known as Acid. (Laboratory-Specialized)

–         STP/DOM – A psychotropic hallucinogen that rose to prominence in 1967 in San Francisco.

–         THG – Known as the Clear, it is a steroid which once was reveried as a method of getting around traditional methods of testing for steroids. (Laboratory-Specialized)

–         2C-T-7 – A more recent addition to the class I schedule, it is a psychotropic entheogen. (Laboratory-Specialized)

–        Cathonone – A monoamine alkaloid found in Khat. (urine-Benzoylethanamine)

–         AMT – An anti-depressant from the tryptamine family with hallucinogenic properties.

–         Bufotenin – A tryptamine with hallucinogenic properties.

–         DXO – Active metabolite in Dextramethorphan, otherwise known as DXM extract. (Laboratory-Urine)

 Legend – Urine (Urine testing) – 5/7/10 panel dipstrips or single dipstrips.Meditests.com

Saliva (Saliva Drug Testing) – Multipanel or single substance saliva tests. Meditests.com

Hair (Hair Drug Test) – Will be always to find abuse up to three months back. Meditests.com

Laboratory/Laboratory-Specialized – Will be sent for analysis to a laboratory. Meditests.com