There are five classifications of major drugs that are use illegally in the US. Class I, or highest offense type drugs involve marijuana, heroin, opioids, hallucinogenic substances, peyote, mescaline, gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), and others. This class of drugs is classified as having high potential for abuse, has no currently accepted medical uses, and lacks accepted safety standards for use under medical supervision. Class II, involves cocaine, opium, oxycodone, methadone, morphine, Seconal, methamphetamine, and other amphetamines. These certain drugs are classified as having a high potential for abuse, are currently accepted for medical use, and may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence. Class III, includes anabolic steroids,
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They are currently accepted for medical use and may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence. Class IV of drugs, includes some antidiarrheal drugs, some partial opioid analgesics, sleeping pills, such as Zolpidem, long-acting barbiturates, and benzodiazepines, such as Xanax, Librium, and Valium. These drugs have lower potential for abuse relative to the drugs or other substances in Class III. They are currently accepted for medical use, and may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological dependence relative to the drugs or other substances in Class III. Lastly, there are Class V drugs, which are known as some cough suppressants, anticonvulsants, and selected prescription pain pills. These types of drugs have low potential for abuse relative to the drugs or other substances in Class IV. They are currently accepted for medical use, and may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological dependence relative to the drugs or other substances in Class IV. In addition, according to the book, the most common types of drugs being used based off of these classifications are illicit drugs, marijuana, and some …show more content…
The other types of social problems that are linked to drug use, as stated by the textbook, are; the conceptualization of addiction as a physical condition, the understanding that drug use is associated with other kinds of criminality, generally widespread social condemnation of drug use as a waste of economic resources and human lives, comprehensive and detailed federal and state laws regulating the use or availability of drugs due to these reasons, a large and still-growing involvement with illicit drugs among the urban poor and the socially disenfranchised, both as an escape from the conditions of life and as a path to monetary gain, as well as the view that drug abuse is a law enforcement issue rather primarily a medical problem. In addition, there are direct and indirect costs associated with drug abuse, the direct costs involve costs immediately associated with drug crimes themselves, such as the dollar losses incurred by a homeowner from a burglary committed to support a drug habit. Indirect costs, which are harder to measure, include such things as the homeowner’s lost wages from time off at work needed to deal with the burglary’s after math, the value of time spent filling out police reports, going to court, and so on. In terms of crimes that occur directly due to drug use, Drugs are related to crime in multiple ways. Most directly, it is a crime to use, possess, manufacture, or distribute drugs classified as having a potential for abuse. Cocaine, heroin,
They are currently accepted for medical use and may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence. Class IV of drugs, includes some antidiarrheal drugs, some partial opioid analgesics, sleeping pills, such as Zolpidem, long-acting barbiturates, and benzodiazepines, such as Xanax, Librium, and Valium. These drugs have lower potential for abuse relative to the drugs or other substances in Class III. They are currently accepted for medical use, and may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological dependence relative to the drugs or other substances in Class III. Lastly, there are Class V drugs, which are known as some cough suppressants, anticonvulsants, and selected prescription pain pills. These types of drugs have low potential for abuse relative to the drugs or other substances in Class IV. They are currently accepted for medical use, and may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological dependence relative to the drugs or other substances in Class IV. In addition, according to the book, the most common types of drugs being used based off of these classifications are illicit drugs, marijuana, and some …show more content…
The other types of social problems that are linked to drug use, as stated by the textbook, are; the conceptualization of addiction as a physical condition, the understanding that drug use is associated with other kinds of criminality, generally widespread social condemnation of drug use as a waste of economic resources and human lives, comprehensive and detailed federal and state laws regulating the use or availability of drugs due to these reasons, a large and still-growing involvement with illicit drugs among the urban poor and the socially disenfranchised, both as an escape from the conditions of life and as a path to monetary gain, as well as the view that drug abuse is a law enforcement issue rather primarily a medical problem. In addition, there are direct and indirect costs associated with drug abuse, the direct costs involve costs immediately associated with drug crimes themselves, such as the dollar losses incurred by a homeowner from a burglary committed to support a drug habit. Indirect costs, which are harder to measure, include such things as the homeowner’s lost wages from time off at work needed to deal with the burglary’s after math, the value of time spent filling out police reports, going to court, and so on. In terms of crimes that occur directly due to drug use, Drugs are related to crime in multiple ways. Most directly, it is a crime to use, possess, manufacture, or distribute drugs classified as having a potential for abuse. Cocaine, heroin,