Controlled Substances Act

1. Deconstruction Claim: Nicotine should be a controlled substances according to the Controlled Substances Act. Type of Claim: “Policy claims argue that a certain condition should exist. They express a writer's sense of obligation or necessity”(Kiel). An argument for or against this claim can be made from many different stances because the argument itself is extremely vague. The Controlled Substances Act is very specific with the five classifications and describing which drugs fit in which class. The legislation even goes as far as listing the specific drugs that belong in each class. If the claim is not specific to the class that nicotine belongs in there will be many ways to argue for or against to the claim. There could five different arguments made to classify nicotine in the five different classes of the Controlled Substances act. A proponent of this claim can argue that nicotine belongs in either of the first two classes, but their audience would not be receptive at all. The first two classes include drugs like opium, methamphetamine, peyote, ect. To argue that nicotine belongs in a class with any of these drugs is not reasonable. There are two stances to argue from that would be the most receptive to an audience. The first one…

Under the controlled substance act (CSA), drugs are listed under schedules that are based off how likely a person is the abuse the drug and if a person will become physically or psychologically dependent on this drug. As the schedule number increases the abuse rate and dependency on this drug decreases. Some examples of schedule 1 drugs are heroin, LSD, ecstasy, methaqualone which are known as Quaaludes, peyote which is a cactus that is a hallucinogen, and marijuana. Yes, you read that…

12, 2017 Controlled Substance Abuse Act In 1969, President Richard Nixon announced that the Attorney General, John N. Mitchell, was preparing a comprehensive new measure to more effectively meet the narcotic and dangerous drug problems at the federal level by combining all existing federal laws into a single new statute called the Controlled Substance Abuse Act 1970. The Controlled substance law consisted of prohibitions against the unauthorized possession of drugs that the government has…

For the federal side of this controversial issues, there are not mainly opinion based, but rather that due to certain laws that have been passed and looking towards specific parts of the constitution, the federal government should delegate marijuana within the United States. The first big point that is used to support the federal side is the Controlled Substance Act of 1970. This was passed by the 91st Congress in 1970 in order to help further research of drugs and help reduce drug abuse…

With infamous gangsters such as Whitey Bulger and Al Capone both the federal government and individuals states have adapted to the lessons learned from these criminals. Both federal and state law enforcement have bounded together to create joint task forces that work together to take on criminals and their networks. With the increasing drug problem, states such as Texas have some of the harshes punishments for the trafficing of illegal drugs. Acts such as the Texas Controlled Substances Act are…

A controlled substance is an illicit medication that can have a negative impacts on an individual's wellbeing and welfare. It could refer to marijuana or heroin; their ownership is a crime under federal as well as state laws. As consequence, state and governments have decided to direct these substances. An individual discovered having a controlled substance can be fined and held in jail by neighborhood, state, and government law authorization. Medications, substances, and certain chemicals used…

chemical THC may impair motor skills or similar tasks for approximately three hours. Although effects do vary depending on the person and the amount of THC ingested, precautions should always be taken in consideration.(What is THC? 1). That is why, just like with any drug or controlled substance, marijuana should have these certain precautions labeled. Even though both contain THC, you can only experience a “high” from marijuana; yet both are classified as Schedule I drugs under the Controlled…

The national bills introduced this legislative session focused on primary prevention of substance abuse and distributing grants from national stakeholders to create individual state treatments. Numerous bills introduced at the national level were bills that amended previously passed substance abuse bills. The two substances focused on in these bills were general substances and opioids. “General substances” refers to the abuse of multiple drugs, which includes opioids. The opioid abuse bills…

Under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), drugs are categorized into five schedules based on “whether they have a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, their relative abuse potential, and [their] likelihood of causing dependence when abused” (Controlled). Among the five categories, marijuana is classified as the Schedule I Controlled Substances, which has “no currently accepted medical use in the United States, a lack of accepted safety for use [even] under medical…

schedule or change the description of the scheduling. The problem with the current schedule is that some narcotics were placed in schedules without any research to prove the reason for the classification (Committee on Substance Abuse, 2015). Description…