A classification of drugs and other substances in the United States. Schedule II means :
- The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.
- The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States or a currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions.
- Abuse of the drug or other substance may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
- Schedule II substances include morphine, PCP, cocaine, methadone, and methamphetamine.
This information taken from the DEA website, http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/concern/abuse/chap1/control/sched2.htm.
Schedule II is not that different from
Schedule I. Many of these are just as dangerous, and frequently more so, then Schedule I drugs. Currently there is a movement to get
marijuana rescheduled to Schedule II, so that it can be used to treat
glaucoma, and
nausea in
AIDS and
chemotherapy patients, who are frequently suffering horribly and have found marijuana to be the only way to treat their
pain. Until marijuana is rescheduled, then doctors and patients in states with
medical marijuana laws face prosecution under federal laws. This is called
stupid, and I hope that
the bozos in Washington come to their senses soon enough to help the thousands of people who are suffering so that the
War on Drugs can be used to
lock up racial minorities.