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Illegal and Illicit Drug Use

Illegal and Illicit Drug Use. What Makes a Drug Illegal?. Illegal Drugs. Illicit Drugs. Drugs that are taken outside their regulated or medically prescribed use Illicit drug use is illegal. Schedule I and II drugs Possession of these drugs is a felony offense under federal law.

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Illegal and Illicit Drug Use

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  1. Illegal and Illicit Drug Use

  2. What Makes a Drug Illegal? Illegal Drugs Illicit Drugs Drugs that are taken outside their regulated or medically prescribed use Illicit drug use is illegal • Schedule I and II drugs • Possession of these drugs is a felony offense under federal law

  3. Categories of Drugs Hallucinogens Stimulants Depressants

  4. Hallucinogens LSD Marijuana PCP (also a stimulant) Psilocybin

  5. LSD“Acid”

  6. Psilocybin“Mushrooms”

  7. PCP“Angel Dust”

  8. Marijuana

  9. Stimulants Amphetamines Cocaine MDMA

  10. Amphetamines

  11. Commonly Abused Amphetamines

  12. Cocaine

  13. Cocaine • 2-3% of women who give birth have used cocaine during their pregnancy • Cocaine babies are born prematurely, jittery, cranky, and sensitive to stimuli. Some have strokes before they are born and use can cause separation of the placenta from the uterus, which cuts of the babies blood supply • Cocaine paranoia has led people to bleed to death in the attempt to escape an imagined infestation • When rats and monkeys are trained to press a lever to deliver an intravenous dose of cocaine, they press it up to 300x to get a single injection. If they are given free access, they take it until they collapse into convulsions.

  14. MDMA“Ecstasy”

  15. Depressants Opiates GHB Flunitrazepam

  16. Opiates

  17. Commonly Abused Opiates Opium Heroin Oxycodone (Oxycontin) Fetanyl Morphine

  18. GHB“Liquid Ecstasy”

  19. Flunitrazepan“Roofies”

  20. Schedule I vs. Schedule II Substances Schedule I • High abuse potential with no accepted medical use. • May not be prescribed • Ex.: Heroin, marijuana, LSD Schedule II • High abuse potential but also an accepted medical use • May be prescribed with stringent regulations • Ex.: Morphine, cocaine, amphetamines, and barbituates

  21. Legal Issues 1st Offense for manufacturing, selling, distributing, giving or possessing with the intent to manufacture, sell, give or distribute (Va. Code Ann. at 18.2-248 and 18.2-11) Schedule I and II drugs, and transporting into Virginia one or more ounces of cocaine and five or more pounds of marijuana with intent to sell or distribute: not less than five years nor more than 40 years; fine not more than $500,000. Possession of a schedule I or II drug: not less than one year nor more than 10 years; or, in some cases, up to 12 months and fine of $2,500. Class 5 Felony.

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