What are "controlled meds?"

The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) was enacted into law by the Congress of the United States as Title II of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970.[1] The CSA is the federal U.S. drug policy under which the manufacture, importation, possession, use and distribution of certain substances is regulated. The Act also served as the national implementing legislation for the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.

The legislation created five Schedules (classifications), with varying qualifications for a substance to be included in each. Two federal agencies, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Food and Drug Administration, determine which substances are added to or removed from the various schedules, though the statute passed by Congress created the initial listing, and Congress has sometimes scheduled other substances through legislation such as the Hillory J. Farias and Samantha Reid Date-Rape Prevention Act of 2000, which placed gamma hydroxybutyrate in Schedule I. Classification decisions are required to be made on criteria including potential for abuse (an undefined term),[2][3] currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, and international treaties

Originally posted by Dustytoad
reply to post by bangoli

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What are "controlled meds?"

Or if you shouldn't answer that are you from California?

edit on 1/22/2013 by Dustytoad because: (no reason given)

Originally posted by happykat39

Originally posted by Dustytoad
reply to post by bangoli

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What are "controlled meds?"

Or if you shouldn't answer that are you from California?

edit on 1/22/2013 by Dustytoad because: (no reason given)

They are the narcotic based drugs like morphine sulfate and hydrocodone found in Lortab and Vicoden tablets. In Georgia I can only have one prescription per month filled and both the Georgia and Federal DEA require that the doctor administer a urine test periodically to prove that i am not abusing my prescription or taking other drugs.

There are other prescription drugs that also fall under the controlled substance label but the main ones are the narcotic based ones.

edit on 22-1-2013 by happykat39 because: added info