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The Georgia Criminal Code establishes five schedules of controlled
substances. Most felony drug charges are either Schedule I or
Schedule II offenses.
Schedule I
controlled
substances are drugs that have a high potential for abuse and have
no currently accepted medical use in treatment. Schedule I
substances include such drugs as HEROIN, LSD, and MDMA also called
ECSTASY.
Schedule II
controlled substances are drugs that have a high potential for abuse
and have a currently accepted medical use in treatment. Schedule II
substances include such drugs as COCAINE and AMPHETAMINE (Speed).
Schedule III controlled
substances are substances that have a potential for abuse less than
the substances in Schedules I and II. These substances have a
currently accepted medical use in treatment. This schedule of drugs
includes various stimulants and depressants as well as certain
anabolic steroids.
Schedule IV controlled
substances have a lower potential for abuse than Schedule III
substances and have a currently accepted medical use in treatment.
This schedule of drugs includes various stimulants and depressants.
Schedule V controlled
substances have a lower potential for abuse than Schedule IV
substances and have a currently accepted medical use in treatment.
These include substances containing limited quantities of certain
narcotic drugs along with other ingredients designed to confer
additional medicinal qualities.
OCGA § 16-13-24
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