Drug Scheduling
How Many Drug Scheduling Categories Are There?
There are five different drug scheduling categories.
Can You Be Required to Give Money if Charged on Drug Charges?
It is possible to be required to give up money after being charged with drug charges. A common amount of money that is required can be 250,000. Sometimes a judge might require a couple of millions.
Are There Psychological Consequences?
There are psychological consequences to the usage of drugs. The usage of drugs can cause a person to face paranoia, confusion, memory loss, psychosis, or hallucinations.
What are Opioids?
Opioids are drugs that are prescribed to treat pain. Opioids are one of the most commonly abused drugs, in 2020 alone 16,416 faced an overdose due to opioids.
Myth or Fact: "Legal High" Drugs are safe and legal.
Myth: "Legal High" Drugs are not legal to use they often require drug subscriptions. "Legal High" drugs are not safe either, some of these drugs can cause psychosis, seizures, or overdoses.
The Schedule I Drugs Categories Are _____
Drugs with currently acceptable medical use, marijuana, and a high potential for abuse, such as heroin.
How Many Years Can You Get For Drug Charges
Drug charges offer a wide variety of time behind bars. Lower chargers can face up to a year in prison while higher charges can lead up to life in prison.
Which One of These Is NOT A Consequence of Using Drugs: Hair Loss, Mood Swings, Regulated Sleep Schedule, or Memory Loss
A well-regulated sleep schedule is NOT a consequence of using drugs. Often the usage of drugs causes the body's sleep schedule to mess up.
What are Depressants?
Central Nervous System Depressants are a medication that is often used to treat anxiety and sleep disorders.
Myth or Fact: Addiction can happen at any age.
Fact: Addiction can happen at any age. New born babies can even be addicted to substances if the mother used while pregnant.
Scheduling is decided by the substance-acceptable medical use or the drug abuse or dependency possibility.
True or False: You Can Get a Felony on Certain Drug Charges
True! Many drug charges can often lead to a felony conviction. Repeat drug offenders are more likely to get drug felonies.
What Is A Physical Consequence of Using Drugs?
Weight Loss, Meth Mouth, Holes in the Skin, Losing Teeth, or Lung Disease.
What Are Stimulants?
Stimulants are prescription drugs that are often prescribed to treat ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder).
Myth or Fact: Even small amounts of Fentanyl being absorbed through the skin can cause an overdose.
Myth: While Fentanyl can be absorbed through the skin, the small amounts of residue are not known to be toxic and cause an overdose.
Narcotics, Stimulants, and Depressants are Apart of What Drug Scheduling?
Schedule II
What are the Most Common Drug Charges?
Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Controlled Substances, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Possession of Narcotics. Possession is the most common type of charge.
Can Consequences Expand Father Than Mental or Physical Repercussions?
The consequences of using drugs expand further than mental or physical repercussions. Consequences outside of those two are jail time, mandatory rehab, loss of jobs, a loss of peer groups, or no longer having a connection with family.
True or False: Long-Term Perscription Drug Abuse Can Stem from Cancer
Truth: Longer-term prescription drug abuse can stem from longer cancer survival periods.
Myth or Fact: Substances Can Help With Sleep
Myth: Substances do not help with sleep long-term. Substances intervene with sleep cycles and reduce REM sleep.
What is the Least Dangerous Drug Schedule Level?
The least dangerous drug schedule level is level V (5). Schedule V is often pain killers (analgesic), anti-diarrheal, or common cold (antitussive) medication.
Can You Get A Drug Charge By Giving Substances to Minors?
Adults can get drug charges if they give alcohol, drugs, or other illegal substances to minors.
What Are Common Interpersonal Consequences to Substance Abuse?
Loss of career, home, or other forms of housing, family, friends, community, privacy, and an addiction that will follow for the years or decades to come.
How Much Does Substance Abuse Cost the United States Every Year?
750 billion, 740 million, 730 million, or 740 billion.
Substance abuse actively costs the United States 740 billion dollars a year. This cost comes from health care, crime, and loss of work productivity.
Myth or Fact: Natural Drugs are Safe to Use and Aren't Addictive
Myth: Natural Drugs aren't safer to use than other types of street drugs. Many natural drugs cause side effects such as hallucinations, psychosis, stress, pain, or even overdoses.