Question 1

This Act was created to combat designer drugs by allowing the DEA to treat any substance that is similar to an illegal drug as if it were a Schedule I drug.

Accepted Answer

The DEA battled designer drugs that were found on the street, but could not treat them as an illegal drug because they were not yet known to be on the Schedule of Controlled drugs, so this Act allowed them to treat substantially similar drugs as such.

Question 2

Preparations containing limited quantities of narcotics (e.g., cough medicine) are considered Schedule __ drugs.

Accepted Answer

Preparations containing limited quantities of narcotics are generally cough and antidiarrheal preparations, such as cough syrups with codeine, diphenoxylate hydrochloride with atropine sulfate (Lomotil), and attapulgite (Parepectolin). They have a low potential for abuse.

Question 3

Diazepam is a Schedule ___ drug.

Accepted Answer

Schedule IV drugs have a lower potential for abuse than Schedule III drugs, and include some depressants, such as diazepam.

Question 4

This Act enabled the federal government to add substances to the Schedules of controlled substances under the Convention of Controlled Substances.

Accepted Answer

This Act made it easier for the federal government to add drugs to the various schedules of controlled substances under the Convention of Controlled Substances, which was a UN treaty designed to control the illegal trade of psychoactive substances.

Question 5

Amphetamines are considered a Schedule ___ drug.

Accepted Answer

Schedule II drugs have a high potential for abuse and include some narcotics, amphetamines, and depressants, such as pentobarbital.

Quiz 8: Statutory Reporting and Public Duties

This Act was created to combat designer drugs by allowing the DEA to treat any substance that is similar to an illegal drug as if it were a Schedule I drug.

Preparations containing limited quantities of narcotics (e.g., cough medicine) are considered Schedule __ drugs.

Diazepam is a Schedule ___ drug.

This Act enabled the federal government to add substances to the Schedules of controlled substances under the Convention of Controlled Substances.

Amphetamines are considered a Schedule ___ drug.