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Drugs CSA Schedules	Trade or Other Names	Medical Uses	Physical Dependence	Psychological Dependence	Tolerance	Duration (hours)	Usual Method
Narcotics
Heroin	Diacetylmorphine, Horse, Smack	None in U.S., Analgesic, Antitussive	HIGH	HIGH	YES	3-6	Injected, sniffed, smoked
Morphine	Duramorph, MS-Contin, Roxanol, Oramorph SR	Analgesic	HIGH	HIGH	YES	3-6	Oral, smoked, injected
Codeine	Tylenol, Empirin, Robitussin A-C, Florinal, APAP	Analgesic, Antitussive	MODERATE	MODERATE	YES	3-6	Oral, injected
Hydrocodone	Tussionex, Vicodin, Hycodan, Lorcet	Analgesic, Antitussive	HIGH	HIGH	YES	3-6	Oral
Hydromorphone	Dilaudid	Analgesic	HIGH	HIGH	YES	3-6	Oral, injected
Oxycodone	Percodan, Percocet, Tylox, Roxicet, Roxicodone	Analgesic	HIGH	HIGH	YES	4-5	Oral
Methadone and LAAM	Levonmethadyl	Analgesic, Treatment of Dependence	HIGH	HIGH	YES	12-72	Oral, injected
Fentanyl and Analogs	Innovar, Sublimaze, Alfenta, Sufenta, Duragesic	Analgesic, Adjunct to Anesthesia, Anesthetic	HIGH	HIGH	YES	10-72	Injected, transdermal patch
Other Narcotics	Percodan, Percocet, Tylox, Opium, Darvon, Talwin, Buprenorphine, Meperdine (Pethidine), Demorol	Analgesic, Antidiarrheal	HIGH-LOW	HIGH-LOW	YES	Variable	Oral, injected
Depressants
Chloral Hydrate	Noctec, Somnos, Felsules	Hypnotic	MODERATE	MODERATE	YES	5-8	Oral
Barbiturates	Amytal, Florinal, Nembutal, Seconal, Tuinal, Phenobarbital, Pentobarbital	Anesthetic, anticonvulsant, sedative, hypnotic, veterinary euthanasia agent	HIGH-MOD	HIGH-MOD	YES	1-16	Oral, injected
Benzodiazepines	Ativan, Dalmane, Diazepam, Librium, Xanax, Serax, Valium, Tranxene, Verstran, Versed, Halcion, Paxipam, Restoril	Antianxiety, sedative, anticonvulsant, hypnotic	LOW	LOW	YES	4-8	Oral, injected
Glutethimide	Doriden	Sedative, hypnotic	HIGH	MODERATE	YES	4-8	Oral
Other Depressants	Equanil, Miltown, Noludar, Placidyl, Valmid, Methaqualone	Antianxiety, Sedative, Hypnotic	MODERATE	MODERATE	YES	4-8	Oral
Stimulants
Cocaine	Coke, Flake, Snow, Crack	Local anesthetic	POSSIBLE	HIGH	YES	1-2	Sniffed, smoked, injected
Amphetamine	Biphetamine, Desoxyn, Dexedrine, Obetrol, Ice	Attention deficit disorder, narcolepsy, weight control	POSSIBLE	HIGH	YES	2-4	Oral, injected, smoked
Methylphenidate	Ritalin	Attention deficit disorder, narcolepsy	POSSIBLE	HIGH	YES	2-4	Oral, injected
Other Stimulants	Adipex, didrex, Ionamin, Melfiat, Plegine, Captagon, Sanorex, Tenuate, Tepanil, Prelu-2, Preludin	Weight control	POSSIBLE	HIGH	YES	2-4	Oral, injected
Cannabis
Marijuna	Pot, Acapulco Gold, Grass, Reefer, Sinsemilla, Thai Sticks	None	UNKNOWN	MODERATE	YES	2-4	Smoked, oral
Tetrahydrocannabinol	THC, Marinol	Antinauseant	UNKNOWN	MODERATE	YES	2-4	Smoked, oral
Hashish and Hashish-Oil	Hash, Hash oil	None	UNKNOWN	MODERATE	YES	2-4	Smoked, oral
Hallucinogens
LSD	Acid, Microdot	None	NONE	UNKNOWN	YES	8-12	Oral
Mescaline and Peyote	Mescal, Buttons, Cactus	None	NONE	UNKNOWN	YES	8-12	Oral
Amphetamine Variants	2, 5-DMA, STP, MDA, MDMA, Ecstasy, DOM, DOB	None	UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN	YES	VARIABLE	Oral, injected
Phencyclidine and Analogs	PCE, PCPy, TCP, PCP, Hog, Loveboat, Angel Dust	None	UNKNOWN	HIGH	YES	DAYS	Oral, injected
Other Hallucinogens	Bufotenine, Ibogaine, DMT, DET, Psilocybin, Psilocyn	None	NONE	UNKNOWN	POSSIBLE	VARIABLE	Smoked, oral, injected, sniffed
Anabolic Steroids
Testosterone	Depo-Testosterone, Delatestryl	Hypognadism	UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN	14 - 28 days	Injected
Nandrolone	Nortestosterone, Durabolin, Deca-Durabolin, Deca	Anemia, breast cancer	UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN	14 - 21 days	Injected
Oxymetholone	Anadrol-50	Anemia	UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN	24	Oral
*U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration
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