The sad thing is that alcohol is one of the most dangerous drugs on the planet, and probably kills more people every year than all other drugs combined. The idea that drug laws were designed to keep people from themselves is laughable at best.
if this is the 'bath salt' thing, then i can see making this drug sched I (the system is stupid, but for shits and giggles i'm gonna make arguments for the 'levels' of some stuff).
at stated, reuptake inhibitors of norepinephrine are antidepressants. dopamine, i think, too, though i think most all drugs trigger a dopamine release, no?
so you've basically got an unknown someone snorting unknown amounts of unknown prescription drugs along with other...unknowns.
should cymbalta and celexa and such be sched I? no, because they weren't being sold at the gas station to addicts.
same thing with 'spice' and marijuana. place the synthetics in sched I not just because of their unknowns (like the reasons we criminalized weed), but lack of research and consistency aside, we KNOW that there is a 'better' drug out there that is much less dangerous (pot).
i've honestly been interested in writing a book, or at least a lengthy article, about how our country's criminalization of pot has lead to this country's drug epidemic more than anything else...
and i tend to agree that alcohol is a terrible drug in comparison to most- but if you outlaw it, what will happen? an obvious combination of two things: one, alcohol-related crime, and two, use of newer and less well-known substances.