Classifications of Drugs

Classifications of Drugs

The 1970s Controlled Substances Act created 5 schedules into which they put drugs according to their potential for addiction and abuse.

Doctors, pharmacists and drug companies use this classification of drugs to better control them when manufacturing and dispensing them.

Schedule 1 drugs are the most addictive and schedule 5 drugs are the least addictive.

There are two federal departments that determine which drugs are added or removed from each of the 5 categories. The two departments are the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice.

The Food and Drug Administration is part of the Department of Health and Human Services. The drugs are classified according to a set of criteria for how potentially abusive the drugs are, as well as how accepted they are in the United States for medical usage and also the potential for dependence on the drug.

The department of Justice is the agency that is in charge of enforcing the classifications. The state governments also regulate certain drugs that are not controlled at the federal level.

The drugs listed as Schedule I drugs are opiates such as acetylmethadol, benzethidine, betameprodine, clonitazine, opiate derivatives such as codeine methylbromide, drotebanol and heroin, and also hallucinogenic substances such as bufotenine, diethyltryptamine and marijuana, as well as depressants such as methaqualone, mecloqualone, and gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid, stimulants such as aminorex, methcathinone, and fenethylline and two drugs that are listed as temporary/emergency listings which are benzylfentanyl and thenylfentanyl.

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In the Schedule II drugs there are also opiates such as codeine, diphenoxylate, fentanyl, and metazocine, stimulants such as amphetamines, phenmetrazine and its salts, and methylphenidate, and also depressants such as pentobarbital, secobarbital and phencyclidine, a hallucinogen nabilone and also 3 immediate precursors: phenylacetone, 1-phenylcyclohexylamine, and also 1-piperidinocyclohexanecarbonitrile (PCC).

In the Schedule III drugs there are stimulants such as benzphetamine, chlorphentermine and depressants such as amobarbital, chlorhexadol, pentobarbital and secobarbital and also narcotics such as buprenorphone. Anabolic steroids are included in this classification. The hallucinogen dronabinol in sesame oil is included in this classification.

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Schedule IV drugs include the narcotics dextropropoxyphene and not more than 1 milligram of difenoxin and not less than 25 micrograms of atropine sulfate per dosage unit.

Depressants such as barbital, clobazam, diazepam, fludiazepam, lorazepam, methohexital, and phenobarbital are included in this classification as well as fenfluramine.

The stimulates in this classification such as diethylpropion, fenproporex, pemoline and sibutramine. Two other drugs pentazocine and butorphanol are included in this classification.

Classification V is a short listing which includes pyrovalerone as the stimulant, Not more than 200 milligrams of codeine per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams, Not more than 100 milligrams of dihydrocodeine per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams, Not more than 100 milligrams of ethylmorphine per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams, Not more than 2.5 milligrams of diphenoxylate and not less than 25 micrograms of atropine sulfate per dosage unit, Not more than 100 milligrams of opium per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams, Not more than 0.5 milligram of difenoxin and not less than 25 micrograms of atropine sulfate per dosage unit.