Synthetic Drugs : Overview and Issues for Congress.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug abuse.

Drugs.

Narcotics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (22 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2011.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Provides background on synthetic and designer drugs, and discusses Federal scheduling of controlled substances under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), including temporary scheduling of substances. Provides overview of current trends in selected synthetic cannabinoids and stimulants and summarizes policy issues. Reviews the Synthetic Drug Abuse Prevention Act of 2012, which added five structural classes of substances in synthetic cannabinoids, their analogues, and 11 synthetic stimulants and hallucinogens to Schedule I of CSA.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed May 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Synthetic Drugs

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.