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controlled substance

noun as in addictive drug

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Federal employees remain bound by a federal law defining marijuana as a controlled substance, even though growing numbers of state and local jurisdictions have decriminalized it for medical or recreational purposes.

He arrested Villalon for violating the emergency plan, possession of marijuana and possession of a controlled substance, a felony.

The 20 other defendants, who were indicted between July and December, face charges including conspiracy to distribute the drugs and distribution of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a public or private college or university.

Chuang also noted that the government has lifted restrictions for mandatory in-person visits for patients seeking other drugs, including certain controlled substances such as opioids.

Rather than receive treatment at a medical facility, Silva was arrested and placed in a jail cell on suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance.

It is a controlled substance in the U.S., Canada, and much of Western Europe, as well as China.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency still classifies hemp as an illegal, controlled substance, despite its paltry potency.

“I could barely walk,” Sutton, who was incarcerated for criminal sales of a controlled substance, told The Daily Beast.

In 2001, I was convicted of “possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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