Is Scopolamine Illegal?
The five drug schedules of the Controlled Substances Act only tell you how lawmakers think that the risks and benefits of a drug compare to each other; they are not based on a mathematical formula, such as Schedule I being reserved for drugs where a tiny dose can be lethal. For example, MDMA is a Schedule I controlled substance, which means that it has no legally recognized medical uses but has a high risk of abuse. People have died from adverse effects of MDMA, such as seizures and hyperthermia, but far fewer than the number of people who have died from accidental overdoses on fentanyl, which is a Schedule II controlled substance, legally used for anesthesia and pain management. For that matter, cannabis is still a Schedule I controlled substance according to federal law, even though Florida and many other states allow legal purchase, sale, and home growing of cannabis in certain contexts. Meanwhile, a drug that has contributed to numerous robberies and sexual assaults is not even listed as a controlled substance. If you are facing criminal charges related to a drug that technically is not illegal, contact a Florida drug offenses attorney.
If You Get Caught in Possession of Scopolamine, Drug Possession Charges Are the Least of Your Worries
Scopolamine, also known as hyoscine, burundanga, or Devil’s Breath, comes from plants of the nightshade family. Smoking or ingesting Devil’s breath has dissociative effects similar to ketamine; people who have taken Devil’s breath report that its effects are similar to ketamine. Its medical uses are to treat nausea and excessive salivation, and it is available by prescription as a transdermal patch. Most crimes involving Devil’s breath involve robberies, kidnappings, or sexual assaults where someone spiked the intoxicated person’s drink with colorless, flavorless scopolamine powder before attempting a kidnapping, sexual assault, or robbery. The drug can cause a confused and suggestible mental state at low doses and unconsciousness or death at higher doses.
Technically, you are not necessarily guilty of possession of a controlled substance if you have scopolamine powder in your possession. In practice, the presence of this powder among your belongings can count as probably cause to suspect you of a crime. There are plenty of less shady ways to manage motion sickness and excessive salivation. Dramamine, anyone? Police will probably continue the investigation to see if they can find other evidence that you were planning to commit a crime such as robbery or kidnapping. The presence of scopolamine powder alone does not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that you were attempting or conspiring to commit a crime, though. You have the presumption of innocence and the right to present defenses and to refute the allegation that you intended to use the drug to make someone unaware of your efforts to harm them.
Contact FL Drug Defense Group About Drug Cases
A Central Florida criminal defense lawyer can help you if the investigation into your alleged crimes began with scopolamine. Contact FL Drug Defense Group in Orlando, Florida to discuss your case.
Source:
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