Resolved Question: Do you know the Marijuana is rated worse than Cocaine?

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Schedule I Controlled Substances

Substances in this schedule have a high potential for abuse, have no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, and there is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision.

Some examples of substances listed in schedule I are: heroin, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), marijuana (cannabis), peyote, methaqualone, and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (“ecstasy”).

Schedule II Controlled Substances

Substances in this schedule have a high potential for abuse which may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.

Examples of single entity schedule II narcotics include morphine and opium. Other schedule II narcotic substances and their common name brand products include: hydromorphone (Dilaudid®), methadone (Dolophine®), meperidine (Demerol®), oxycodone (OxyContin®), and fentanyl (Sublimaze® or Duragesic®).

Examples of schedule II stimulants include: amphetamine (Dexedrine®, Adderall®), methamphetamine (Desoxyn®), and methylphenidate (Ritalin®). Other schedule II substances include: cocaine, amobarbital, glutethimide, and pentobarbital.

Schedule III Controlled Substances

Substances in this schedule have a potential for abuse less than substances in schedules I or II and abuse may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence.

Examples of schedule III narcotics include combination products containing less than 15 milligrams of hydrocodone per dosage unit (Vicodin®) and products containing not more than 90 milligrams of codeine per dosage unit (Tylenol with codeine®). Also included are buprenorphine products (Suboxone® and Subutex®) used to treat opioid addiction.
Examples of schedule III non-narcotics include benzphetamine (Didrex®), phendimetrazine, ketamine, and anabolic steroids such as oxandrolone (Oxandrin®).

Is this a complete injustice when obviously pot smokers are less whacked out then Cocaine users?

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Resolved Question: is there a meth treatment drug?

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does anyone know of a drug to help meth addicts get off meth like heroin users has methadone and suboxone there anything like that for the treatment of meth use

im currently taking methadone because i was using heroin but my friends mom is using meth again and methadone made getting off heroin a lot easier then it would have been with out it and i was hoping there is something out there to help her the same way methadone helped me

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Heightened Pain Sensitivity Not Seen To Improve in Heroin Drug Treatment

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Individuals who have an addiction disorder and continue to take opioid or methadone medications for pain will continue to experience symptoms of hyperalgesia or a heightened sensitivity to pain, regardless of treatment method, according to new research.
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Kyrgyzstan: Methadone Debate Puts Program At Risk

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It may lead to a new methadone-sale business.” In an interview with the 24.kg news agency, Abdyzhaparov acknowledged an affinity for principles espoused by the Church of Scientology, which opposes methadone treatment as something that merely …
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