Challenge to Louisiana law that lists abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances can proceed

[jmowreader]

1. While the Louisiana government will probably get what they want, they shouldn't

How drugs are placed in controlled-substance schedules are by looking at two things: whether the drug has accepted medical uses, and its potential for abuse.

In other words, "can this drug be used to treat disease, and can you get high from it?"

The two drugs used in medication abortions are mifepristone and misoprostol, neither of which you can get high on. So, the whole challenge fails right there.

Mifepristone, the drug they have the biggest case of the ass about, is used to treat Cushing Syndrome (hypercortisolism). They sell it as Korlym for this very purpose.

Misoprostol is used to treat gastric ulcers, and also has several uses not involving abortion in the OB-GYN field. For instance, they use it to induce labor.

So, if the drugs can be used in medical settings for other things than abortion and you can't get high on them, they can't be controlled substances.