description: An essential reference for anyone concerned with controlled substances &amp; maintaining a drug free workplace &amp; community. Lists every currently &amp; formerly scheduled (illegal) drug, authority for inclusion in the law, its exact names, its chemical abstract identification number, &amp; all known synonyms. Lists all chemical structures of controlled substances, arranged by structural families. Lists drug code numbers assigned to drugs, solvents, vitamins, food stuffs, &amp; things recognized. Has a complete empirical formula index of all compounds mentioned in the current laws. Includes the original Controlled Substance Act of 1970, the Designer Drug Act of 1986 &amp; the present form it has taken, the working of the Emergency Scheduling Act, the Analogue Enforcement Act, &amp; the current Federal Sentencing Guidelines. Contains 5 schedules for controlled substances &amp; their criteria &amp; defines the vague &amp; misleading terms used in the laws, like "high abuse potential" &amp; "substantially similar." Forewords by Dr. James Bakalar, for lawyers; Dr. John Thornton, for criminalists; Dr. Peyton Jacob III, for scientists. Author, Dr. Alexander Shulgin is one of the world's foremost psychopharmacological research chemists &amp; a professor at U.C. Berkeley.
language: English
title: Controlled Substances: A Chemical and Legal Guide to the Federal Drugs Laws
titlecomplete: Controlled Substances: A Chemical and Legal Guide to the Federal Drugs Laws
ratings_count: 19
publisher: Ronin Pub