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Psychedelics and Entactogens: Challenges Associated with Schedule I Therapeutic Development
Under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) in the United States, drugs that have the potential to be abused are scheduled into one of five Classes or Schedules (CI-V) as controlled substances. The scheduling method makes a distinction for drugs that have abuse potential and are not approved for medical use (i.e., Schedule I) versus drugs that are approved for medical use.