Drugs Chapter 9

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DrugsChapter 9

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Heroin

• Field test is reagent called marquis purple
  color indicative of positive test
• Most common diluent (diluting agent) is quinine
• Chemical derivative of morphine

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Marijuana

• Hallucinogen
• Continued use results in low degree of
  psychological dependence
• Prior to 1970, it was classified as a narcotic
  drug
• Hashish is a concentrated preparation
• Active ingredient is tetrahydrocannabinol
• Can tentatively be identified by the
  Duquenois-Levine color test
• Is NOT synthesized from Canniabis sativa

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Controlled Substances Act

• CSA, Title II of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse
  Prevention Control Act of 1970 legal
  foundation of the governments fight against
  abuse of drugs other substances a
  consolidation of numerous laws regulating the
  manufacture distribution of narcotics,
  stimulants, depressants hallucinogens
• II- has highest potential for abuse current
  medical use
• IV- classifies tranquilizers Valium Librium

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Schedule I

• Substance has a high potential for abuse
• Substance has no currently accepted medical use
  in treatment in the United States
• There is a lack of accepted safety for use ofthe
  substance under medical supervision
• Heroin, LSD Marijuana, Methaqualone

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Schedule 2

• Substance has the highest potential for abuse
• Substance has a currently accepted medical use
  intreatment in the U.S. or a currently
  acceptedmedical uses with severe restrictions
• Abuse of the substance may lead to
  severepsychological or physical dependence
• Morphine, PCP, cocaine, methadone,methamphetam
  ine

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Schedule III

• Substance has a potential for abuse less than
  thosein Schedules I and II
• Has a currently accepted medical use in
  treatmentin the U.S.
• Abuse may lead to moderate or low
  physicaldependence or high psychological
  dependence
• Anabolic steroids, codeine hydrocodone
  withaspirin or Tylenol, some barbiturates

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Schedule IV

• The substance has a low potential for
  abuserelative to those in Schedule III
• Has a currently accepted medical use
  intreatment in the U.S.
• Abuse may lead to limited physicaldependence
  or psychological dependencerelative to those in
  Schedule III
• Librium, Darvon, Xanax, Valium
  (tranquilizers)

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Schedule V

• The substance has low potential for abuse
  relativethose in Schedule IV
• Has a currently accepted medical use in
  treatmentin the U.S.
• Abuse may lead to limited physical
  orpsychological dependence relative to
  thosesubstances in Schedule IV
• Over-the-counter cough medicines with codeine

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Ethyl Alcohol

• Depressant, not a stimulant
• Continued use may lead to physical dependency

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Stimulants Depressants

• Caffeine
• Amphetamine
• Cocaine

• Labrium
• Valium
• Methaqualone
• Ethyl Alcohol

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Instruments for Identification

• Chromatography- used for separating tentatively
  identification
• Infrared spectrophotometry- specific test for
  identification

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Hallucinogens

• Phencyclidine (PCP)- (phencyclidine)Street
  Names Angel Dust, Crystal, Hog, Supergrass,
  Killer Joints, Ozone, Wack, Embalming Fluid, and
  Rocket Fuel.
• Mescaline
• Psilocybin- Street Name Shrooms, Mushies, and
  Mexican Magic Mushrooms
• STP
• LSD- Street Names Acid, Boomers, Yellow
  Sunshines, Cid, Doses, and Trips

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Rohypnol (flunitrazepam)

• Street Names Roofies, Rophies, Roche, Forget-me
  Pill, Circles, Mexican Valium, Rib, Roach-2,
  Roopies, Rope, Ropies, Ruffies, and Roaches