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  2. Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons

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    Schedule 8 (S8) drugs and poisons, otherwise known as Controlled Drugs, are schedule 9 prohibited substances that are appropriate preparations for therapeutic use which have high potential for abuse and addiction. The possession of these medications without authority is the same as carrying a prohibited substance and is illegal.

  3. Regulation of therapeutic goods - Wikipedia

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    schedule 8 (S8) - Controlled drugs: substances in schedule 8 are generally drugs of addiction or dependence and are only available with a prescription from an authorised prescriber, they must be purchased at a pharmacy.

  4. List of Schedule I controlled substances (U.S.) - Wikipedia

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    The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision. The complete list of Schedule I substances is as follows. [1] The Administrative Controlled Substances Code Number for each substance is included.

  5. Controlled substance - Wikipedia

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    Other national drug prohibition laws include the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 (New Zealand), among many others. Within Europe controlled substance laws are legislated at the national rather than by the EU itself, with significant variation between countries in which and how chemicals are classified as ...

  6. Codeine - Wikipedia

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    Preparations containing pure codeine (e.g., codeine phosphate tablets or codeine phosphate linctus) are available on prescription and are considered S8 (Schedule 8, or "Controlled Drug Possession without authority illegal"). Schedule 8 preparations are subject to the strictest regulation of all medications available to consumers.

  7. Controlled Substances Act - Wikipedia

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    Except when dispensed directly to an ultimate user by a practitioner other than a pharmacist, no controlled substance in Schedule II, which is a prescription drug as determined under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 USC 301 et seq.), may be dispensed without the written or electronically transmitted (21 CFR 1306.08) prescription of ...

  8. Hospitals gave patients meds during childbirth, then reported ...

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    The risks from giving medications to birthing patients and then testing them for illicit substances have been well documented. A 2022 study by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital found ...

  9. List of Schedule II controlled substances (U.S.) - Wikipedia

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    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 substances may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence. The complete list of Schedule II substances is as follows.