The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has announced its decision: It will keep marijuana in the same legal, regulatory category as heroin — schedule 1. To many people, this is outrageous.

• What Is A Schedule 1 Drug Examples

• SCHEDULE 1 (CLASS I) DRUGS are illegal because they have high abuse potential, no medical use, and severe safety concerns; for example, narcotics such as Heroin, LSD, and cocaine. Marijuana is also included as a Class 1 drug despite it being legal in some states and it being used as a medicinal drug in some states.
• The complete list of Schedule I drugs follows. The Administrative Controlled Substances Code Number for each drug is included.

This is the list of Schedule I drugs as defined by the United StatesControlled Substances Act.^[1] The following findings are required for drugs to be placed in this schedule:^[2]

1. The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.
2. The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
3. There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision.

Except as specifically authorized, it is illegal for any person: Watch fairy tail dubbed.

1. to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, a controlled substance; or
2. to create, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to distribute or dispense, a counterfeit substance.^[3]

The complete list of Schedule I drugs follows.^[1] The Administrative Controlled Substances Code Number for each drug is included.

Opioids[edit]

Opium derivatives[edit]

Hallucinogenic or psychedelic substances[edit]

Depressants[edit]

Stimulants[edit]

Cannabimimetic agents[edit]

What Is A Schedule 1 Drug Examples

Temporary/emergency listings[edit]

These items are listed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to 21 CFR 1308.49.^[6][7]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^ab21 CFR1308.11 (CSA Sched I) with changes through 77 FR64032 (Oct 18, 2012). Retrieved September 6, 2013.
2. ^21 U.S.C.§ 812(b)(1)United States Code via Cornell University's Legal Information Institute. Retrieved on 2007-10-02.
3. ^Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) (22 Jan 2002). 'Title 21 — Food and Drugs Chapter 13 - Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Subchapter I — Control and Enforcement Part D — Offenses and Penalties: Sec. 841. Prohibited Acts A(a)'. Retrieved 23 Oct 2009.
4. ^Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice (2017). 'Schedules of Controlled Substances: Placement of Acetyl Fentanyl into Schedule I. Final order'. Federal Register. 82 (108): 26349–51. PMID28591974.
5. ^https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-12-14/pdf/2016-29941.pdf
6. ^Code of Federal Regulations, 2012-04-01
7. ^The first 8 items in the temporary section of the schedule shown on the DEA website are not included here because they are duplicates of entries in the tables above. Presumably, this is because they were made permanent and copied there at some point, but inadvertently not deleted from this temporary listing section.
8. ^ ^abcdDrug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice (Feb 10, 2014). 'Schedules of controlled substances: temporary placement of four synthetic cannabinoids into Schedule I. Final order'. Fed. Regist. 79 (27): 7577–7582. PMID24605391.
9. ^ ^abcDrug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice (2015). 'Schedules of controlled substances: Temporary placement of three synthetic cannabinoids into schedule I. Final order'. Federal Register. 80 (20): 5042–7. PMID25730924.
10. ^ ^abcDrug Enforcement Administration (2015). 'Schedules of Controlled Substances: Extension of Temporary Placement of Three Synthetic Phenethylamines in Schedule I. Final order'. Fed. Regist. 80 (219): 70657–9. PMID26567439.
11. ^'DEA Schedules Deadly Synthetic Drug U-47700'. November 10, 2016.
12. ^Drug Enforcement Administration (2015). 'Schedules of Controlled Substances: Temporary Placement of Acetyl Fentanyl Into Schedule I. Final order'. Fed. Regist. 80 (137): 42381–5. PMID26189217.
13. ^Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice (2016). 'Schedules of Controlled Substances: Temporary Placement of Furanyl Fentanyl Into Schedule I. Final order'. Fed. Regist. 81 (229): 85873–7. PMID27906535.
14. ^ ^abcdef'Schedules of Controlled Substances: Temporary Placement of Six Synthetic Cannabinoids (5F-ADB, 5F-AMB, 5F-APINACA, ADB-FUBINACA, MDMB-CHMICA and MDMB-FUBINACA) Into Schedule I'. Drug Enforcement Administration.
15. ^Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice (2017). 'Schedules of Controlled Substances: Temporary Placement of Acryl Fentanyl into Schedule I. Temporary scheduling order'. Federal Register. 82 (134): 32453–7. PMID28715161.
16. ^ ^abcDrug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice (2017). 'Schedules of Controlled Substances: Temporary Placement of ortho-Fluorofentanyl, Tetrahydrofuranyl Fentanyl, and Methoxyacetyl Fentanyl into Schedule I. Temporary amendment; temporary scheduling order'. Federal Register. 82 (206): 49504–8. PMID29091366.
17. ^ ^abDrug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice (2016). 'Schedules of Controlled Substances: Temporary Placement of Butyryl Fentanyl and Beta-Hydroxythiofentanyl into Schedule I. Final order'. Federal Register. 81 (92): 29492–6. PMID27192733.
18. ^Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice (2017). 'Schedules of Controlled Substances: Temporary Placement of 4-Fluoroisobutyryl Fentanyl into Schedule I. Temporary scheduling order'. Federal Register. 82 (84): 20544–8. PMID28497944.
19. ^Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice (2018). 'Schedules of Controlled Substances: Temporary Placement of Cyclopropyl Fentanyl in Schedule I. Temporary amendment; temporary scheduling order'. Federal Register. 83 (3): 469–72. PMID29319947.
20. ^Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice (2018). 'Schedules of Controlled Substances: Extension of Temporary Placement of MAB–CHMINACA in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. Temporary rule; temporary scheduling order; extension'. Federal Register. 83 (20): 4411–2. PMID29461023.
21. ^ ^abcdefgDrug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice (2018). 'Schedules of Controlled Substances: Temporary Placement of Seven Fentanyl-Related Substances in Schedule I. Temporary amendment; temporary scheduling order'. Federal Register. 83 (22): 4580–5. PMID29932604.
22. ^Drug Enforecement Administration, Department of Justice (2018). 'Schedules of Controlled Substances:Temporary Placement of Fentanyl-Related Substances in Schedule I. Temporary amendment; temporary scheduling order'. Federal Register. 83 (25): 5188–92. PMID29932611.

We often hear that Marijuana is a Schedule 1 drug in the US without stopping to ask what that actually means.

Schedule 1 refers to the highest category of illegal or illicit drugs and, for all intents and purposes, are considered to be the most dangerous. The drugs in this category are what are known as 'controlled substances'.

The United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) classifies Schedule 1 drugs as having the following characteristics:

Schedule 1 Drugs

The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.

The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical treatment use in the U.S.

There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or substance under medical supervision.

No prescriptions may be written for Schedule I substances, and they are not readily available for clinical use.

Drugs / Substances listed in DEA Schedule 1 include:

• Heroin (diacetylmorphine)
• LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide)
• Marijuana (cannabis, THC)
• Mescaline (Peyote)
• MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine or “ecstasy”)
• GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyric acid)
• Ecstasy (MDMA or 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine)
• Psilocybin
• Methaqualone (Quaalude)
• Khat (Cathinone)
• Bath Salts (3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone or MDPV)

First of all, I had no idea that people consumed bath salts. I mean, I thought that was something that people sold masquerading as meth. Second, there are a few drugs you might assume to be Schedule 1, like Meth, that are not listed as Schedule 1.

Schedule 2 Drugs

The drug has a high potential for abuse. The drug has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States or a currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions. Abuse of the drug may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.

Drugs / Substances listed in DEA Schedule 2 include:

• Opium
• Cocaine
• Methamphetamine
• Codeine
• Fentanyl
• Methadone

[There are many more substances on the list but my intention is just to show the most recognizable ones.]

DEA

The DEA has a very difficult time explaining how Marijuana is a Schedule 1 drug; high potential for abuse, no acceptable medical treatment use and is unsafe.

Honestly, how is Fentanyl (50 times more powerful than Heroine) and cause of the current 'heroine crisis' and spiking drug related deaths throughout North America a Schedule 2?

What does more harm? Fentanyl/Heroine Or Marijuana?

Here's a hint, just 3 grains of Fentanyl can be fatal while it's practically impossible to die of a weed overdose.

Fentanyl Makers have made large campaign contributions to prevent recreational marijuana laws from coming into fruition in places like Arizona.

It would seem that the DEA is more concerned with maintaining their own funding, continuing the decades long 'war on drugs' policy failure, incarcerating millions and profiting from asset forfeiture than to confront some of the most basic questions about the US government's own drug policies and incomprehensible drug classifications.

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