In the United States, drugs are classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) into one of five categories (schedules I-V), depending on an ‘eight-factor analysis’ of their abuse liability. Which of the following is not considered, in
determining a drug’s classification schedule?
a. Scientific evidence of the drug’s pharmacological effects
b. What, if any, risk there is to the public health
c. Whether the drug is an immediate precursor of a substance already controlled under the Controlled Substances Act (1970)
d. The ease with which the drug may be acquired for illicit use
e. The drug’s history and current pattern of abuse
Answer: D
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