A single conspiracy in which each person is responsible for a distinct act within the overall plan, such as an agreement to produce, import, and distribute narcotics in which each person performs only one function. • All participants are interested in the overall scheme and liable for all other participants’ acts in furtherance of that […]
controlled substance. Any type of drug whose possession and use is regulated by law, including a narcotic, a stimulant, or a hallucinogen. See DRUG. [Cases: Controlled Substances 9.]
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Bivens action. A lawsuit brought to redress a federal official’s violation of a constitutional right. Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999 (1971). • A Bivens action allows federal officials to be sued in a manner similar to that set forth at 42 USCA
drug n. (1)药；药品；药材；药剂 (2)麻醉药品；麻醉剂；成瘾性致幻毒品(→Controlled Substance Acts; Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; narcotics)
Office of National Drug Control Policy. An office in the Executive Office of the President responsible for coordinating efforts at federal, state, and local levels to control illegal drug abuse and for devising national antidrug activities. • The Office was created by the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988. 21 USCA §§ 1701–1713. — Abbr.
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addict (a-dikt), n. A person who habitually uses a substance, esp. a narcotic drug. [Cases: Chemical Dependents 1; Controlled Substances 38. C.J.S. Chemical Dependents §§ 2–3.] — addict ([schwa]-dikt), vb. — addictive, adj. — addiction, n. drug addict. A person who is psychologically or physiologically dependent on a narcotic drug. addict, vb. Roman law. 1.
addiction. 1. The habitual and intemperate use of a substance, esp. a potentially harmful one such as a narcotic drug. • The usual requisites are (1) an emotional dependence that leads to compulsiveness; (2) an enhanced tolerance of the substance, leading to more potent doses; and (3) physical dependence such that withdrawal symptoms result from
drug abuse. The detrimental state produced by the repeated consumption of a narcotic or other potentially dangerous drug, other than as prescribed by a doctor to treat an illness or other medical condition. [Cases: Chemical Dependents 1; Controlled Substances 38. C.J.S. Chemical Dependents §§ 2–3.]