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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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A N A C T

RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT

     Introduced By: Senators Tassoni, Doyle, DiPalma, Cote, and DeVall

     Date Introduced: January 18, 2012

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 21-28-2.08 of the General Laws in Chapter 21-28 entitled "Uniform

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Controlled Substances Act" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     21-28-2.08. Contents of schedules. -- Schedule I

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      (a) Schedule I shall consist of the drugs and other substances, by whatever official name,

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common or usual name, chemical name, or brand name designated, listed in this section.

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      (b) Opiates. - Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any of

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the following opiates, including its isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters, and

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ethers whenever the existence of the isomers, esters, ethers, and salts is possible within the

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specific chemical designation:

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      (1) Acetylmethadol

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      (2) Allylprodine

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      (3) Alphacetylmethadol

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      (4) Alphameprodine

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      (5) Alphamethadol

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      (6) Benzethidine

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      (7) Betacetylmethadol

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      (8) Betameprodine

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      (9) Betamethadol

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      (10) Betaprodine

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      (11) Clonitazene

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      (12) Dextromoramide

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      (13) Difenoxin

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      (14) Diampromide

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      (15) Diethylthiambutene

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      (16) Dimenoxadol

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      (17) Dimepheptanol

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      (18) Dimethylthiambutene

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      (19) Dioxaphetyl butyrate

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      (20) Dipipanone

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      (21) Ethylmethylthiambutene

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      (22) Etonitazene

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      (23) Extoxerdine

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      (24) Furethidine

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      (25) Hydroxypethidine

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      (26) Ketobemidone

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      (27) Levomoramide

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      (28) Levophenacylmorphan

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      (29) Morpheridine

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      (30) Noracymethadol

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      (31) Norlevorphanol

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      (32) Normethadone

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      (33) Norpipanone

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      (34) Phenadoxone

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      (35) Phenampromide

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      (36) Phenomorphan

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      (37) Phenoperidine

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      (38) Piritramide

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      (39) Proheptazine

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      (40) Properidine

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      (41) Propiram

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      (42) Racemoramide

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      (43) Trimeperidone

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      (44) Tilidine

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      (45) Alpha-methylfentanyl

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      (46) Beta-hydroxy-3-methylfentanyl other names:

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      N-[1-(2hydroxy-2-phenethyl)-3-methyl-4piperidingyl] Nphenylpropanamide

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      (c) Opium Derivatives. - Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another

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schedule, any of the following opium derivatives, its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers whenever

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the existence of the salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical

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designation:

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      (1) Acetorphine

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      (2) Acetyldihydrocodeine

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      (3) Benzylmorphine

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      (4) Codeine methylbromide

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      (5) Codeine-N-Oxide

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      (6) Cyprenorphine

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      (7) Desomorphine

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      (8) Dihydromorphine

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      (9) Etorphine (Except hydrochloride salt)

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      (10) Heroin

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      (11) Hydromorphinol

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      (12) Methyldesorphine

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      (13) Methylihydromorphine

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      (14) Morphine methylbromide

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      (15) Morphine methylsulfonate

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      (16) Morphine-N-Oxide

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      (17) Myrophine

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      (18) Nococodeine

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      (19) Nicomorphine

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      (20) Normorphine

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      (21) Pholcodine

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      (22) Thebacon

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      (23) Drotebanol

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      (d) Hallucinogenic Substances. - Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another

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schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation, which contains any quantity of the

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following hallucinogenic substances, or which contains any of its salts, isomers, and salts of

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isomers whenever the existence of the salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the

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specific chemical designation (for purposes of this subsection only, the term "isomer" includes

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the optical, position, and geometric isomers):

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      (1) 3, 4-methylenedioxy amphetamine

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      (2) 5-methoxy-3, 4-methylenedioxy amphetamine

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      (3) 3, 4, 5-trimethoxy amphetamine

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      (4) Bufotenine

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      (5) Diethyltryptamine

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      (6) Dimethyltryptamine

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      (7) 4-methyl 2, 5-dimethoxyamphetamine

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      (8) Ibogaine

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      (9) Lysergic acid diethylamide

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      (10) Marihuana

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      (11) Mescaline

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      (12) Peyote. Meaning all parts of the plant presently classified botanically as

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Lophophora Williamsii Lemair whether growing or not; the seeds of the plant; any extract from

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any part of the plant; and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of

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the plant, its seeds or extracts.

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      (13) N-ethyl-3-piperidyl benzilate

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      (14) N-methyl-3-piperidyl benzilate

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      (15) Psilocybin

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      (16) Psilocyn

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      (17) Tetrahydrocannabinols. Synthetic equivalents of the substances contained in the

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plant, or in the resinous extractives of Cannabis, sp. and/or synthetic substances, derivatives, and

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their isomers with similar chemical structure and pharmacological activity such as the following:

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delta 1 cis or trans tetrahydrocannabinol, and their optical isomers. Delta 6 cis or trans

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tetrahydrocannabinol and their optical isomers. Delta 3, 4 cis or trans tetrahydrocannabinol and

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its optical isomer. (Since nomenclature of these substances is not internationally standardized,

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compounds of these structures, regardless of numerical designation of atomic positions covered).

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      (18) Thiophene analog of phencyclidine. 1-(1-(2 thienyl) cyclo-hexyl) pipiridine: 2-

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Thienyl analog of phencyclidine: TPCP

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      (19) 2,5 dimethoxyamphetamine

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      (20) 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine, 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxy-alpha-

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methylphenethyamine: 4-bromo-2,5-DMA

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      (21) 4-methoxyamphetamine-4-methoxy-alpha-methylphenethylaimine:

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paramethoxyamphetamine: PMA

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      (22) Ethylamine analog of phencyclidine. N-ethyl-1- phenylcyclohexylamine, (1-

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phenylcyclohexyl) ethylamine, N-(1-phenylcyclophexyl) ethylamine, cyclohexamine, PCE

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      (23) Pyrrolidine analog of phencyclidine. 1-(1-phencyclohexyl)- pyrrolidine PCPy, PHP

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      (24) Parahexyl; some trade or other names: 3-Hexyl-1-hydroxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydro-

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6,6,9-trimethyl-6H-dibenz o (b,d) pyran: Synhexyl.

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      (e) Depressants. - Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any

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material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following

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substances having a depressant effect on the central nervous system, including its salts, isomers,

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and salts of isomers whenever the existence of the salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible

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within the specific chemical designation:

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      (1) Mecloqualone.

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      (2) Methaqualone.

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      (3) 3-methyl fentanyl (n-( ethyl-1(2-phenylethyl)-4-piperidyl)-N-phenylpropanamide.

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      (4) 3,4-methyl-enedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), its optical, positional and

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geometric isomers, salts, and salts of isomers.

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      (5) 1-methyl-4-phenyl-4-propionoxypiperidine (MPPP), its optical isomers, salts and

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salts of isomers.

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      (6) 1-(2-phenylethyl)-4-phenyl-4-acetyloxypiperidine (PEPAP), its optical isomers, salts

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and salts of isomers.

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      (7) N-(1-(1-methyl-2-phenyl)ethyl-4-piperidyl)-N-phenyl-acetamide (acetyl-alpha-

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methylfentanyl), its optical isomers, salts and salts of isomers.

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      (8) N-(1-(1-methyl-2(2-thienyl)ethyl-4-piperidyl)-N-phenylpropanami de (alpha-

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methylthiofentanyl), its optical isomers, salts and salts of isomers.

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      (9) N-(1-benzyl-piperidyl)-N-phenylpropanamide (benzyl-fentanyl), its optical isomers,

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salts and salts of isomers.

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      (10) N-(1-(2-hydroxy-2-phenyl)ethyl-4-piperidyl)-N-phenyl-propanamid e (beta-

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hydroxyfentanyl), its optical isomers, salts and salts of isomers.

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      (11) N-(3-methyl-1(2-hydroxy-2-phenyl)ethyl-4-piperidyl)-N-phenylpro panamide (beta-

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hydroxy-3-methylfentanyl), its optical and geometric isomers, salts and salts of isomers.

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      (12) N-(3-methyl)-1-(2-(2-thienyl)ethyl-4-piperidyl)-N-phenylpro- panamide (3-

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methylthiofentanyl), its optical and geometric isomers, salts and salts of isomers.

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      (13) N-(1-2-thienyl)methyl-4-piperidyl)-N-phenylpropanamide (thenylfentanyl), its

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optical isomers, salts and salts of isomers.

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      (14) N-(1-(2(2-thienyl)ethyl-4-piperidyl-N-phenylpropanamide (thiofentanyl), its optical

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isomers, salts and salts of isomers.

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      (15) N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)-4-piperidyl]N-(4-fluorophenyl)-propanamid e (para-

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fluorofentanyl), its optical isomers, salts and salts of isomers.

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      (16) Gamma hydroxybutyrate, HOOC-CH2-CH2-CH2OH, its optical, position, or

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geometric isomers, salts and salts of isomers.

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     (17) Salvia Divinorum (Salvinorin A or Divinorin A).

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     (18) Datura stramonium (gypsum weed or jimsom weed).

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     (19) Synthetic cannabinoids (synthetic marijuana).

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      (f) Stimulants. - Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any

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material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following

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substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system, including its salts, isomers,

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and salts of isomers:

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      (1) Fenethylline

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      (2) N-ethylamphetamine

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      Schedule II

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      (a) Schedule II shall consist of the drugs and other substances, by whatever official

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name, common or usual name, chemical name, or brand name designated, listed in this section.

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      (b) Substances, vegetable origin or chemical synthesis. - Unless specifically excepted or

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unless listed in another schedule, any of the following substances whether produced directly or

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indirectly by extraction from substances of vegetable origin, or independently by means of

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chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis:

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      (1) Opium and opiate, and any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of opium or

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opiate excluding naloxone and its salts, and excluding naltrexone and its salts, but including the

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following:

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      (i) Raw opium

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      (ii) Opium extracts

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      (iii) Opium fluid extracts

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      (iv) Powdered opium

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      (v) Granulated opium

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      (vi) Tincture of opium

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      (vii) Etorphine hydrochloride

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      (viii) Codeine

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      (ix) Ethylmorphine

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      (x) Hydrocodone

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      (xi) Hydromorphone

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      (xii) Metopon

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      (xiii) Morphine

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      (xiv) Oxycodone

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      (xv) Oxymorphone

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      (xvi) Thebaine

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      (2) Any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation which is chemically equivalent or

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identical with any of the substances referred to in subdivision (1) of this subsection, except that

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these substances shall not include the isoquinoline alkaloids of opium.

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      (3) Opium poppy and poppy straw.

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      (4) Coca leaves and any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of coca leaves, and

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any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation which is chemically equivalent or identical with

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any of these substances, except that the substances shall not include decocainized coca leaves or

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extraction of coca leaves, which extractions do not contain cocaine or ecgonine.

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      (5) Concentrate of poppy straw (the crude extract of poppy straw in liquid, solid, or

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powder form which contains the phenanthrine alkaloids of the opium poppy).

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      (c) Opiates. - Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule any of the

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following opiates, including its isomers, esters, ethers, salts; and salts of isomers, esters and,

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ethers whenever the existence of the isomers, esters, ethers, and salts is possible within the

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specific chemical designation:

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      (1) Alphaprodine

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      (2) Anileridine

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      (3) Bezitramide

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      (4) Dihydrocodeine

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      (5) Diphenoxylate

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      (6) Fentanyl

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      (7) Isomethadone

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      (8) Levomethorphan

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      (9) Levorphanol

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      (10) Metazocine

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      (11) Methadone

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      (12) Methadone-Intermediate, 4-cyano-2-dimethylamino-4, 4-diphenyl butane

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      (13) Moramide-Intermediate, 2-methyl-3-morpholino-1, 1-diphenylpropane-carboxylic

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acid

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      (14) Pethidine

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      (15) Pethidine-Intermediate-A, 4-cyano-1-methyl-4-phenylpiperidine

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      (16) Pethidine-Intermediate-B, ethyl-4-phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylate

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      (17) Pethidine-Intermediate-C, 1-methyl-4-phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylic acid

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      (18) Phenaxocine

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      (19) Piminodine

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      (20) Racemethorphan

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      (21) Racemorphan

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      (22) Bulk Dextropropoxyphene (non-dosage forms)

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      (23) Suffentanil

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      (24) Alfentanil

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      (25) Levoalphacetylmethadol

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      (d) Stimulants. - Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any

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material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following

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substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system:

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      (1) Amphetamine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of its optical isomers.

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      (2) Methamphetamine, its salts and salts of its isomers.

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      (3) Phenmetrazine and its salts.

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      (4) Methylphenidate.

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      (e) Depressants. - Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any

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material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following

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substances having a depressant effect on the central nervous system, including its salts, isomers,

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and salts of isomers whenever the existence of the salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible

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within the specific chemical designation:

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      (1) Amobarbital

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      (2) Glutethimide

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      (3) Methyprylon

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      (4) Pentobarbital

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      (5) Phencyclidine

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      (6) Secobarbital

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      (7) Phencyclidine immediate precursors:

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      (i) 1-phencyclohexylamine

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      (ii) 1-piperidinocyclohexane-carbonitrile (PCC)

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      (8) Immediate precursor to amphetamine and methamphetamine: Phenylacetone. Some

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other names: phenyl-2-propanone; P2P; benzyl methyl ketone; methyl benzone ketone.

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      Schedule III

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      (a) Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material,

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compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances

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having a depressant effect on the central nervous system:

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      (1) Any substance which contains any quantity of a derivative of barbituric acid, or any

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salt of a derivative of barbituric acid.

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      (2) Chlorhexadol

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      (3) Lysergic acid

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      (4) Lysergic acid amide

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      (5) Sulfondiethylmethane

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      (6) Sulfonethylmethane

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      (7) Sylfonmethane

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      (8) Any compound, mixture, or preparation containing amobarbital, secobarbital,

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pentobarbital, or any salt of them and one or more other active medicinal ingredients which are

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not listed in any schedule.

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      (9) Any suppository dosage form containing amobarbital, secobarbital, pentobarbital or

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any salt of any of these drugs and approved by the Food and Drug Administration for marketing

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only as a suppository.

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      (10) Ketamine, its salts, isomers and salts of isomers. (Some other names for ketamine:

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(+)-2-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-(methylamino)-cyclohexanone).

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      (b) Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material,

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compound, mixture, or preparation containing limited quantities of any of the following narcotic

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drugs, or any salts of them:

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      (1) Not more than one and eight tenths grams (1.8 gms.) of codeine per one hundred

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milliliters (100 mls.) or not more than ninety milligrams (90 mgs.) per dosage unit, with an equal

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or greater quantity of an isoquinoline alkaloid of opium.

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      (2) Not more than one and eight tenths grams (1.8 gms.) of codeine per one hundred

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milliliters (100 mls.) or not more than ninety milligrams (90 mgs.) per dosage unit, with one or

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more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts.

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      (3) Not more than three hundred milligrams (300 mgs.) of dihydrocodeinone per one

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hundred milliliters (100 mls.) or not more than fifteen milligrams (15 mgs.) per dosage unit, with

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a fourfold or greater quantity of an isoquinoline alkaloid of opium.

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      (4) Not more than three hundred milligrams (300 mgs.) of dihydrocodeinone per one

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hundred milliliters (100 mls.) or not more than fifteen milligrams (15 mgs.) per dosage unit, with

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one or more active nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts.

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      (5) Not more than one and eight tenths grams (1.8 gms.) of dihydrocodeine per one

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hundred milliliters (100 mls.) or not more than ninety milligrams (90 mgs.) per dosage unit, with

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one or more active nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts.

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      (6) Not more than three hundred milligrams (300 mgs.) of ethylmorphine per one

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hundred milliliters (100 mls.) or not more than fifteen milligrams (15 mgs.) per dosage unit, with

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one or more active nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts.

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      (7) Not more than five hundred milligrams (500 mgs.) of opium per one hundred

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milliliters (100 mls.) or per one hundred grams (100 gms.) or not more than twenty-five

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milligrams (25 mgs.) per dosage unit, with one or more active nonnarcotic ingredients in

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recognized therapeutic amounts.

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      (8) Not more than fifty milligrams (50 mgs.) of morphine per one hundred milliliters

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(100 mls.) per one hundred grams (100 gms.) with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in

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recognized therapeutic amounts.

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      (c) Stimulants. - Unless specifically excepted or listed in another schedule, any material,

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compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances

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having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system, including its salts, isomers, and salts of

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the isomers whenever the existence of the salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical

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designation:

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      (1) Benzphetamine

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      (2) Chlorphentermine

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      (3) Clortermine

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      (4) Mazindol

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      (5) Phendimetrazine

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      (d) Steroids and hormones. - Anabolic steroids (AS) or human growth hormone (HGH),

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excluding those compounds, mixtures, or preparations containing an anabolic steroid that because

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of its concentration, preparation, mixture or delivery system, has no significant potential for

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abuse, as published in 21 CFR 1308.34, including, but not limited to, the following:

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      (1) Chlorionic gonadotropin

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      (2) Clostebol

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      (3) Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone

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      (4) Ethylestrenol

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      (5) Fluoxymesterone

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      (6) Mesterolone

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      (7) Metenolone

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      (8) Methandienone

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      (9) Methandrostenolone

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      (10) Methyltestosterone

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      (11) Nandrolone decanoate

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      (12) Nandrolone phenpropionate

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      (13) Norethandrolone

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      (14) Oxandrolone

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      (15) Oxymesterone

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      (16) Oxymetholone

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      (17) Stanozolol

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      (18) Testosterone propionate

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      (19) Testosterone-like related compounds

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      (20) Human Growth Hormone (HGH)

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      (e) Hallucinogenic substances.

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      (1) Dronabinol (synthetic) in sesame oil and encapsulated in a soft gelatin capsule in

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved drug product. (Some other names for dronabinol:

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(6aR-trans)-6a, 7, 8, 10a- tetrahydro-6, 6, 9- trimethyl-3-pentyl-6H- dibenzo[b,d]yra n-1-ol,or(-)-

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delta-9(trans)-tetrahydrocannabinol.)

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      Schedule IV

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      (1) Barbital.

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      (2) Chloral betaine

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      (3) Chloral hydrate

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      (4) Ethchrovynol

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      (5) Ethinamate

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      (6) Methohexital

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      (7) Meprobamate

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      (8) Methylphenobarbital

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      (9) Paraldehyde

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      (10) Petrichloral

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      (11) Phenobarbital

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      (12) Fenfluramine

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      (13) Diethylpropion

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      (14) Phentermine

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      (15) Pemoline (including organometallic complexes and chelates thereof).

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      (16) Chlordiazepoxide

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      (17) Clonazepam

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      (18) Clorazepate

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      (19) Diazepam

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      (20) Flurazepam

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      (21) Mebutamate

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      (22) Oxazepam

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      (23) Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material,

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compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances,

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including its salts:

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      Dextropropoxyphene(alpha-(+)-4-dimethylamino-1,2-diphenyl-3- methyl-2-

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propronoxybutane).

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      (24) Prazepam

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      (25) Lorazepam

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      (26) Not more than one milligram (1 mg.) of difenoxin and not less than twenty-five (25)

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micrograms of atropine sulfate per dosage unit.

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      (27) Pentazocine

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      (28) Pipradrol

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      (29) SPA (-)-1-dimethylamino-1, 2-diphenylethane

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      (30) Temazepam

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      (31) Halazepam

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      (32) Alprazolam

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      (33) Bromazepam

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      (34) Camazepam

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      (35) Clobazam

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      (36) Clotiazepam

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      (37) Cloxazolam

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      (38) Delorazepam

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      (39) Estazolam

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      (40) Ethyl Ioflazepate

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      (41) Fludizaepam

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      (42) Flunitrazepam

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      (43) Haloxazolam

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      (44) Ketazolam

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      (45) Loprazolam

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      (46) Lormetazepam

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      (47) Medazepam

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      (48) Nimetazepam

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      (49) Nitrazepam

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      (50) Nordiazepam

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      (51) Oxazolam

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      (52) Pinazepam

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      (53) Tetrazepam

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      (54) Mazindol

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      (55) Triazolam

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      (56) Midazolam

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      (57) Quazepam

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      (58) Butorphanol

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      (59) Sibutramine

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      Schedule V

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      (a) Any compound, mixture, or preparation containing any of the following limited

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quantities of narcotic drugs, which shall include one or more non-narcotic active medicinal

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ingredients in sufficient proportion to confer upon the compound, mixture, or preparation

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valuable medicinal qualities other than those possessed by the narcotic drug alone:

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      (1) Not more than two hundred milligrams (200 mgs.) of codeine per 100 milliliters (100

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mls.) or per one hundred grams (100 gms.).

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      (2) Not more than one hundred milligrams (100 mgs.) of dihydrocodeine per 100

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milliliters (100 mls.) or per one hundred grams (100 gms.).

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      (3) Not more than one hundred milligrams (100 mgs.) of ethylmorphine per 100

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milliliters (100 mls.) or per one hundred grams (100 gms.).

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      (4) Not more than two and five tenths milligrams (2.5 mgs.) of diphenixylate and not less

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than twenty-five (25) micrograms of atropine sulfate per dosage unit.

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      (5) Not more than one hundred milligrams (100 mgs.) of opium per one hundred

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milliliters (100 mls.) or per one hundred grams (100 gms.).

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      (b) Not more than five tenths milligrams (0.5 mgs.) of difenoxin and not less than

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twenty-five (25) micrograms of atropine sulfate per dosage unit.

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      (c) Buprenorphine

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      (d) Unless specifically exempted or excluded or unless listed in another schedule, any

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material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following

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substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system, including its salts, isomers

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and salts of isomers:

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      (1) Propylhexedrine (except as benzedrex inhaler).

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      (2) Pyrovalerone.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N A C T

RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT

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     This act would add the hallucinogenic drugs Salvia Divinorum (Salvinorin A or

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Divinorin A), Datura stramonium (gypsum weed or jimsom weed) and synthetic cannabinoids

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(synthetic marijuana) to the Rhode Island Controlled Substances Act Schedule I, the misuse of

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which may result in the requisite criminal penalties for abuse.

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     The act would take effect upon passage.

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