Sentences with phrase «substance under medical supervision»

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In an August 11, 2016 announcement, the DEA reconfirmed its position, «marijuana remains a schedule I controlled substance because it does not meet the criteria for currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, there is a lack of accepted safety for its use under medical supervision, and it has a high potential for abuse.»

Because the practice of transfusion and of organ transplantation are heavily regulated by medicine (and for good reason), a culture that considers human milk to be another regulated bodily substance can only conceive of milk sharing as an activity that occurs rarely and under medical supervision.

The sites, advocates argued, would give individuals struggling with substance abuse a clean environment to use pre-obtained drugs under the supervision of medical personnel and other officials who could help them obtain treatment for their addictions.

Currently, marijuana remains classified as a Schedule I substance under the U.S. Controlled Substances Act, meaning it is considered to have a high potential for abuse, no accepted medical value and lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision.

Grant however, is insistent that the powerful substance only be taken under medical supervision.