The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) places all substances which were in some manner regulated under existing federal law into one of five schedules. This placement is based upon the substance's medical use, potential for abuse, and safety or dependence liability. The Act also provides a mechanism for substances to be controlled, or added to a schedule; decontrolled, or removed from control; and rescheduled or transferred from one schedule to another. Once the DEA has collected the necessary data requests from HHS, a scientific and medical evaluation and recommendation as to whether the drug should be controlled or removed from control. HHS solicits information from the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), evaluations and recommendations from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The Assistant Secretary compiles the information and transmits back to the DEA. A medical and scientific evaluation, regarding the drug, sends a recommendation as to whether the drug should be controlled, and in what schedule it should be placed. The threshold issue is does the drug has potential for abuse and if it does not have a potential for abuse, it cannot be controlled. The drug is a new drug so related in its action to a drug as having a potential for abuse to make it likely that the drug will have the same potential for abuse as such drugs that there may be significant diversions from legitimate channels. Use contrary to or without medical advice, or that it has a substantial capability of creating hazards to the health of the user or to the safety of the community. |
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