2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 40 — Public health and safety
RS 40:964 — Composition of schedules


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§964. Composition of schedules

Schedules I, II, III, IV, and V shall, unless and until added to pursuant to R.S. 40:962, consist of the following drugs or other substances, by whatever official name, common or usual name, chemical name, or brand name designated:

SCHEDULE I

A. Opiates. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any of the following opiates, including their isomers, esters, ethers, salts, or salts of isomers, esters, and ethers, whenever the existence of such isomers, esters, ethers, or salts is possible within the specific chemical designation:

*(1)

Acetyl-alpha-methylfentanyl (N-[1-(1-methyl-2-phenethyl)-4-piperidinyl]-N-phenylacetamide)

*(2) Acetylmethadol

*(3) Allylprodine

*(4) Alphacetylmethadol (except levo-alphacetylmethadol, also known as levomethadyl acetate, or LAAM)

*(5) Alphameprodine

*(6) Alphamethadol

*(7) Alpha-methylfentanyl (N-[1-(alpha-methyl-beta-phenyl) ethyl-4-piperidyl]propionanilide; 1-(1-methyl-2-phenylethyl)-4-(N-propanilido) piperidine)

*(8) Alpha-methylthiofentanyl (N-[1-methyl-2-(2-thienyl)ethyl-4-piperidinyl]-N-phenylpropanamide)

*(9) Benzethidine

*(10) Betacetylmethadol

*(11) Beta-hydroxyfentanyl (N-[1-(2-hydroxy-2-phenethyl)-4-piperidinyl]-N-phenylpropanamide)

*(12) Beta-hydroxy-3-methylfentanyl (N-[1-(2-hydroxy-2-phenethyl)-3-methyl-4-piperidinyl]-N-phenylpropanamide)

*(13) Betameprodine

*(14) Betamethadol

*(15) Betaprodine

*(16) Clonitazene

*(17) Dextromoramide

*(18) Diampromide

*(19) Diethylthiambutene

*(20) Difenoxin

*(21) Dimenoxadol

*(22) Dimepheptanol

*(23) Dimethylthiambutene

*(24) Dioxaphetyl butyrate

*(25) Dipipanone

*(26) Ethylmethylthiambutene

*(27) Etonitazene

*(28) Etoxeridine

*(29) Furethidine

*(30) Hydroxypethidine

*(31) Ketobemidone

*(32) Levomoramide

*(33) Levophenacylmorphan

*(34) 3-Methylfentanyl (N-[3-methyl-1-(2-phenylethyl)-4-piperidyl]-N-phenylpropanamide)

*(35) 3-methylthiofentanyl (N-[3-methyl-1-(2-thienyl)ethyl-4-piperidinyl]-N-phenylpropanamide)

*(36) Morpheridine

*(37) MPPP (1-methyl-4-phenyl-4-propionoxypiperidine)

*(38) Noracymethadol

*(39) Norlevorphanol

*(40) Normethadone

*(41) Norpipanone

*(42) Para-fluorofentanyl (N-(4-fluorophenyl)-N-[1-(2-phenethyl)-4-piperidinyl] propanamide)

*(43) PEPAP (1-(-2-phenethyl)-4-phenyl-4-acetoxypiperdine)

*(44) Phenadoxone

*(45) Phenampromide

*(46) Phenomorphan

*(47) Phenoperidine

*(48) Piritramide

*(49) Proheptazine

*(50) Properidine

*(51) Propiram

*(52) Racemoramide

*(53) Thiofentanyl (N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-thienyl)ethyl-4-piperidinyl]-propanamide)

*(54) Tilidine

*(55) Trimeperidine

B. Opium derivatives. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any of the following opium derivatives, its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:

*(1) Acetorphine

*(2) Acetyldihydrocodeine

*(3) Benzylmorphine

*(4) Codeine methylbromide

*(5) Codeine-N-Oxide

*(6) Cyprenorphine

*(7) Desomorphine

*(8) Dihydromorphine

*(9) Drotebanol

*(10) Etorphine, except hydrochloride salt

*(11) Heroin

*(12) Hydromorphinol

*(13) Methyldesorphine

*(14) Methyldihydromorphine

*(15) Morphine methylbromide

*(16) Morphine methylsulfonate

*(17) Morphine-N-Oxide

*(18) Myrophine

*(19) Nicocodeine

*(20) Nicomorphine

*(21) Normorphine

*(22) Pholcodine

*(23) Thebacon

C. Hallucinogenic substances. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation, which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, or which contains any of their salts, isomers, or salts of isomers, whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, or salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation, for purposes of this Paragraph only, the term "isomer" includes the optical, position, and geometric isomers:

(1) Alpha-ethyltryptamine

(2) 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine

(3) 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine

(4) 2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine

(5) 2,5-dimethoxy-4-ethylamphetamine

(5.1) 2,5-dimethoxy-4-(n)-propylthiophenethylamine (2C-T-7)

(6) 4-methoxyamphetamine

(7) 5-methoxy-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine

(8) 4-methyl-2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine

(9) 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine

(10) 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)

(11) 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-ethylamphetamine

(12) N-hydroxy-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine

(13) 3,4,5-trimethoxy amphetamine

(13.1) Alphamethyltryptamine

(14) Bufotenine

(15) Diethyltryptamine

(16) Dimethyltryptamine

(16.1) 5-methoxy-N, N-diisopropyltryptamine

(17) Ibogaine

(18) Lysergic acid diethylamide

(19) Marihuana

(20) Mescaline

(21) Parahexyl, also known as Synhexyl

(22) Peyote

(23) N-ethyl-3-piperidyl benzilate

(24) N-methyl-3-piperidyl benzilate

(25) Psilocybin

(26) Psilocyn

(27) Tetrahydrocannabinols, including synthetic equivalents and derivatives

(28) Ethylamine analog of phencyclidine

(29) Pyrrolidine analog of phencyclidine

(30) Thiophene analog of phencyclidine

(31) 1-[1-(2-thienyl)cyclohexyl]pyrrolidine

(32) Repealed by Acts 2011, No. 420, §2, eff. July 15, 2011.

D. Depressants. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a depressant effect on the central nervous system, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:

(1) Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB)

(2) Mecloqualone

(3) Methaqualone

E. Stimulants. Unless specifically excepted, or contained within a pharmaceutical product approved by the United States Federal Food and Drug Administration, or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system including its salts, isomers, esters, or ethers and salts of isomers, esters, or ethers whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, esters, or ethers and salts of isomers, esters, or ethers is possible within the specific chemical designation:

(1) Aminorex

(2) Cathinone

(3) Fenethylline

(4) Methcathinone

(5) (±)cis-4-methylaminorex

(5.1) N-Benzylpiperazine (BZP)

(6) N-ethylamphetamine

(7) N,N-dimethylamphetamine

(8) Naphthylpyrovalerone whether or not further substituted in the naphthyl ring to any extent with alkyl, alkoxy, alkylenedioxy, haloalkyl or halide substituents, whether or not further substituted in the naphthyl ring by one or more other univalent substituents or whether or not further substituted in the carbon chain at the 3, 4, or 5 position with an alkyl substituent.

(9) 2-amino-1-phenyl-1-propanone (cathinone) or variation in any of the following ways:

(i) By substitution in the phenyl ring to any extent with alkyl, alkoxy, alkylenedioxy, haloalkyl or halide substituents, whether or not further substituted in the phenyl ring by one or more other univalent substituents.

(ii) By substitution at the 3-position with an alkyl substituent.

(iii) By substitution at the nitrogen atom with alkyl, dialkyl, or benzyl groups, or by inclusion of the nitrogen atom in a cyclic structure.

F. Synthetic cannabinoids. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation, which contains any quantity of a synthetic cannabinoid found to be in any of the following chemical groups, or any of those groups which contain any synthetic cannabinoid salts, isomers, or salts of isomers, whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, or salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation, including all synthetic cannabinoid chemical analogues in such groups:

(1) Naphthoylindoles whether or not substituted in the indole ring to any extent or the naphthyl ring to any extent.

(2) Naphthylmethylindoles whether or not substituted in the indole ring to any extent or the naphthyl ring to any extent.

(3) Naphthoylpyrroles whether or not substituted in the pyrrole ring to any extent or the naphthyl ring to any extent.

(4) Naphthylmethylindenes whether or not substituted in the indene ring to any extent or the naphthyl ring to any extent.

(5) Phenylacetylindoles whether or not substituted in the indole ring to any extent or the phenyl ring to any extent.

(6) Cyclohexylphenols whether or not substituted in the cyclohexyl ring to any extent or the phenyl ring to any extent.

(7) Dibenzopyrans whether or not substituted in the cyclohexyl ring to any extent or the phenyl ring to any extent.

(8) Benzoylindoles whether or not substituted in the indole ring to any extent or the phenyl ring to any extent.

SCHEDULE II

A. Substances of vegetable origin or chemical synthesis. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any of the following substances whether produced directly or indirectly by extraction from substances of vegetable origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis:

(1) Opium and opiate, and any salt, compound, isomer, derivative, or preparation of opium or opiate, excluding apomorphine, thebaine-derived butorphanol, dextrorphan, nalbuphine, nalmefene, naloxone, and naltrexone, and their respective salts, but including the following:

(a) Raw opium

(b) Opium extracts

(c) Opium fluid extracts

(d) Powdered opium

(e) Granulated opium

(f) Tincture of opium

(g) Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 755, §2.

(h) Codeine

(i) Dihydroetorphine

(j) Ethylmorphine

(k) Etorphine hydrochloride

(l) Hydrocodone

(m) Hydromorphone

(n) Metopon

(o) Morphine

(p) Oxycodone

(q) Oxymorphone

(r) Thebaine

(s) Oripavine

(2) Any salt, compound, isomer, derivative, or preparation thereof which is chemically equivalent or identical with any of the substances referred to in Paragraph (1), except that these substances shall not include the isoquinoline alkaloids of opium.

(3) Opium poppy and poppy straw.

(4) Coca leaves, cocaine, ecgonine and any salt, isomer, salt of an isomer, compound, derivative, or preparation of coca leaves, cocaine or ecgonine and any salt, isomer, salt of an isomer, compound, derivative, or preparation thereof which is chemically equivalent or identical with any of these substances, except that the substances shall not include decocainized coca leaves or extraction of coca leaves, which extractions do not contain cocaine or ecgonine.

(5) Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 282, §2.

(6) Concentrate of poppy straw (the crude extract of poppy straw in either liquid, solid, or powder form which contains the phenanthrene alkaloids of the opium poppy).

B. Opiates. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any of the following opiates, including its isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters, ethers, and salts is possible within the specific chemical designation, dextrorphan and levopropoxyphene excepted:

(1) Alfentanil

(2) Alphaprodine

(3) Anileridine

(4) Bezitramide

(5) Bulk Dextropropoxyphene (non-dosage forms)

(6) Carfentanil

(7) Dihydrocodeine

(8) Diphenoxylate

(9) Fentanyl

(10) Isomethadone

(11) Levo-alphacetylmethadol

(12) Levomethorphan

(13) Levorphanol

(14) Metazocine

(15) Methadone

(16) Methadone-intermediate, 4-cyano-2-dimethylamino-4,4-diphenylbutane

(17) Moramide-intermediate, 2-methyl-3-morpholino-1,1-diphenylpropane-

carboxylic acid

(18) Pethidine (meperidine)

(19) Pethidine-intermediate-A, 4-cyano-1-methyl-4-phenyl-piperidine

(20) Pethidine-intermediate-B, ethyl-4-phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylate

(21) Pethidine-intermediate-C, 1-methyl-4-phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylic acid

(22) Phenazocine

(23) Piminodine

(24) Racemethorphan

(25) Racemorphan

(26) Remifentanil

(27) Sufentanil

(28) Tapentadol

C. Stimulants. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system:

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

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

(3) Phenmetrazine and its salts

(4) Methylphenidate

(5), (6) Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 755, §2.

(7) Lisdexamfetamine, its salts, isomers, and salts of its isomers

D. Depressants. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a depressant effect on the central nervous system, including its salts, isomers, or salts of isomers, whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:

(1) Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 54, §2.

(2) Amobarbital

(3) Glutethimide

(4) Pentobarbital

(5) Phencyclidine

(6) Secobarbital

E. Immediate precursors. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances:

(1) Immediate precursors to amphetamine and methamphetamine: phenylacetone.

(2) Immediate precursors to phencyclidine (PCP):

(a) 1-phenylcyclohexylamine;

(b) 1-piperidinocyclohexanecarbonitrile (PCC).

For purposes of this Subsection, possession of immediate precursors sufficient for the manufacture of phenylacetone, piperidine, or cyclohexanone shall be deemed to be possession of such a derivative substance.

F. Hallucinogenic substances:

(1) Nabilone

SCHEDULE III

A. Stimulants. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system:

(1) Benzphetamine

(2) Chlorphentermine

(3) Clortermine

(4) Repealed by Acts 1982, No. 92, §2.

(5) Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 67, §2.

(6) Phendimetrazine

B. Depressants. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a depressant effect on the central nervous system:

(1) Any compound, mixture, or preparation containing:

(a) Amobarbital

(b) Secobarbital

(c) Pentobarbital

or any salt thereof and one or more active medicinal ingredients which are not listed in any schedule.

(2) Any suppository dosage form containing:

(a) Amobarbital

(b) Secobarbital

(c) Pentobarbital or any salt of any of these drugs and approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for marketing only as a suppository.

(3) Any substance which contains any quantity of a derivative of barbituric acid, or any salt thereof, but not including butalbital when in combination with at least three hundred twenty-five milligrams of acetaminophen per dosage unit.

(4) Chlorhexadol

(5) Embutramide

(6) Any drug product containing gamma hydroxybutyric acid, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers, which has been approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration.

(7) Ketamine, its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers

(8) Lysergic acid

(9) Lysergic acid amide

(10) Methyprylon

(11) Sulfondiethylmethane

(12) Sulfonethylmethane

(13) Sulfonmethane

(14) Tiletamine and zolazepam or any salt thereof

C. Nalorphine

D. Limited narcotic drugs. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule:

(1) Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing limited quantities of any of the following narcotic drugs, or any salts thereof:

(a) Not more than 1.8 grams of codeine per 100 milliliters or not more than 90 milligrams per dosage unit with an equal or greater quantity of an isoquinoline alkaloid of opium.

(b) Not more than 1.8 grams of codeine per 100 milliliters or not more than 90 milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts.

(c) Not more than 300 milligrams of hydrocodone per 100 milliliters or not more than 15 milligrams per dosage unit, with a fourfold or greater quantity of an isoquinoline alkaloid of opium.

(d) Not more than 300 milligrams of hydrocodone per 100 milliliters or not more than 15 milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts such as acetaminophen or ibuprofen.

(e) Not more than 1.8 grams of dihydrocodeine per 100 milliliters or not more than 90 milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts.

(f) Not more than 300 milligrams of ethylmorphine per 100 milliliters or not more than 15 milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts.

(g) Not more than 500 milligrams of opium per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams, or not more than 25 milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts.

(h) Not more than 50 milligrams of morphine per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams, with one or more active nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts.

(2) Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any of the following narcotic drugs or their salts:

(a) Buprenorphine

E. Anabolic steroids and muscle building substances. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation, containing any quantity of the following substances, including its salts, esters, ethers, isomers, and salts of isomers whenever the existence of such salts, esters, ethers, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation. The term "anabolic steroid" means any drug or hormonal substance, chemically and pharmacologically related to testosterone, other than estrogens, progestins, corticosteroids, and dehydroepiandrosterone that promote muscle growth and include the following:

(1) 3β,17-dihydroxy-5a-androstane

(2) 3α,17β-dihydroxy-5a-androstane

(3) 5α-androstan-3,17-dione

(4) 3β,17β-dihydroxy-5α-androst-1-ene

(5) 3α,17β-dihydroxy-5α-androst-1-ene

(6) 4-androstenediol

(7) 5-androstenediol

(8) 1-androstenedione

(9) 4-androstenedione

(10) 5-androstenedione

(11) Bolasterone

(12) Boldenone

(12.1) Boldione

(13) Calusterone

(14) Clostebol

(15) Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone

(15.1) Desoxymethyltestosterone

(16) Δ1-dihydrotestosterone

(17) 4-dihydrotestosterone

(18) Drostanolone

(19) Ethylestrenol

(20) Fluoxymesterone

(21) Formebolone

(22) Furazebol

(23) 13β-ethyl-17α-hydroxygon-4-en-3-one

(24) 4-hydroxytestosterone

(25) 4-hydroxy-19-nortestosterone

(26) Mestanolone

(27) Mesterolone

(28) Methandienone

(29) Methandriol

(30) Methenolone

(31) 17α-methyl-3β,17β-dihydroxy-5a-androstane

(32) 17α-methyl-3α,17β-dihydroxy-5a-androstane

(33) 17α-methyl-3β,17β-dihydroxyandrost-4-ene

(34) 17α-methyl-4-hydroxynandrolone

(35) Methyldienolone

(36) Methyltrienolone

(37) Methyltestosterone

(38) Mibolerone

(39) 17α-methyl-Δ1-dihydrotestosterone

(40) Nandrolone

(41) 3β,17β-dihydroxyestr-4-ene

(42) 3α,17β-dihydroxyestr-4-ene

(43) 3β,17β-dihydroxyestr-5-ene

(44) 3α,17β-dihydroxyestr-5-ene

(44.1) 19-nor-4, 9(10)-androstadienedione

(45) 19-nor-4-androstenedione

(46) 19-nor-5-androstenedione

(47) Norbolethone

(48) Norclostebol

(49) Norethandrolone

(50) Normethandrolone

(51) Oxandrolone

(52) Oxymesterone

(53) Oxymetholone

(54) Stanozolol

(55) Stenbolone

(56) Testolactone

(57) Testosterone

(58) Tetrahydrogestrinone

(59) Trenbolone

F.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, the term anabolic steroid does not include a substance listed in Subsection E above but which is expressly intended for administration to livestock or other nonhuman species and which has been approved by the secretary of health and hospitals for such an administration.

(2) If any person prescribes, dispenses, or distributes such steroid for human use, such person shall be considered to have prescribed, dispensed, or distributed an anabolic steroid within the meaning of Subsection E above.

(3) A physician, dentist, or veterinarian shall not prescribe, dispense, deliver, or administer an anabolic steroid for human use or cause an anabolic steroid to be administered under his direction or supervision for human use except for a valid medical purpose and when required by demonstrable generally accepted medical indications. Bodybuilding, muscle enhancement, or increasing muscle bulk or strength through the use of an anabolic steroid by a person who is in good health is hereby declared not a valid medical purpose.

G. Substances of vegetable origin or chemical synthesis. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any of the following substances whether produced directly or indirectly by extraction from substances of vegetable origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis:

(1) Synthetic Dronabinol [delta-9-(trans) tetrahydrocannabinol] in sesame oil and encapsulated in a soft gelatin capsule in a U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved product.

SCHEDULE IV

A. Narcotic drugs

Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any of the following narcotic drugs, or their salts, in limited quantities, as set forth below:

(1) Not more than 1 milligram of difenoxin and not less than 25 micrograms of atropine sulfate per dosage unit.

(2) Dextropropoxyphene.

B. Depressants

Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any quantity of the following substances, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers, whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:

(1) Alprazolam

(2) Barbital

(3) Bromazepam

(4) Camazepam

(4.1) Carisoprodol

(5) Chloral betaine

(6) Choral hydrate

(7) Chlordiazepoxide, but not including chlordiazepoxide hydrochloride in combination with clidinium bromide, or chlordiazepoxide and water-soluble esterified estrogens.

(8) Clobazam

(9) Clonazepam

(10) Clorazepate

(11) Clotiazepam

(12) Cloxazolam

(13) Delorazepam

(14) Diazepam

(15) Dichloralphenazone

(16) Estazolam

(17) Ethchlorvynol

(18) Ethinamate

(19) Ethyl loflazepate

(20) Fludiazepam

(21) Flunitrazepam

(22) Flurazepam

(22.1) Fospropofol

(23) Halazepam

(24) Haloxazolam

(25) Ketazolam

(26) Loprazolam

(27) Lorazepam

(28) Lormetazepam

(29) Mebutamate

(30) Medazepam

(31) Meprobamate

(32) Methohexital

(33) Methylphenobarbital (mephobarbital)

(34) Midazolam

(35) Nimetazepam

(36) Nitrazepam

(37) Nordiazepam

(38) Oxazepam

(39) Oxazolam

(40) Paraldehyde

(41) Petrichloral

(42) Phenobarbital

(43) Pinazepam

(44) Prazepam

(45) Quazepam

(46) Temazepam

(47) Tretrazepam

(48) Triazolam

(49) Zaleplon

(50) Zolpidem

(51) Zopiclone

(52) Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 810, §2.

C. Fenfluramine

Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances, including its salts, isomers (whether optical, position, or geometric), and salts of isomers, whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers including Fenfluramine is possible.

D. Stimulants

Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers:

(1) Cathine (norpseudoephedrine)

(2) Diethylpropion

(3) Fencamfamin

(4) Fenproporex

(5) Mazindol

(6) Mefenorex

(7) Modafinil

(8) Pemoline (including organometallic complexes and chelates thereof)

(9) Phentermine

(10) Pipradrol

(11) Sibutramine

(12) SPA [(-)-1-dimethylamino-1,2-diphenylethane]

E. Other substances

Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances, including its salts:

(1) Pentazocine

(2) Butorphanol (including its optical isomers)

SCHEDULE V

A. Narcotic drugs containing nonnarcotic active medicinal ingredients. Any compound, mixture, or preparation containing any of the following limited quantities of narcotic drugs or salts thereof, which shall include one or more nonnarcotic active medicinal ingredients in sufficient proportion to confer upon the compound, mixture, or preparation valuable medicinal qualities other than those possessed by the narcotic drug alone:

(1) Not more than 200 milligrams of codeine per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams.

(2) Not more than 100 milligrams of dihydrocodeine per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams.

(3) Not more than 100 milligrams of ethylmorphine per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams.

(4) Not more than 2.5 milligrams of diphenoxylate and not less than 25 micrograms of atropine sulphate per dosage unit.

(5) Not more than 100 milligrams of opium per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams.

(6) Not more than 0.5 milligrams of difenoxin and not less than 25 micrograms of atropine sulfate per dosage unit.

B. Narcotic drugs. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any of the following narcotic drugs and their salts, as set forth below:

(1) Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 54, §2.

C. Stimulants. Unless specifically exempted or excluded or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers:

(1) Pyrovalerone

D. Depressants. Unless specifically exempted or excluded or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a depressant effect on the central nervous system, including its salts:

(1) Pregbalin

(2) Lacosamide

E.(1) Ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, phenylpropanolamine. Unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any detectable quantity of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine, their salts or optical isomers, or salts of optical isomers.

(2)(a) Nonprescription products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine shall not be sold or distributed in a quantity greater than nine grams of ephedrine base, pseudoephedrine base, or phenylpropanolamine base to the same purchaser within any thirty-day period.

(b) Notwithstanding the prescription requirements for Schedule V controlled dangerous substances as provided for in R.S. 40:978(C), nonprescription products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine may be dispensed without a prescription.

(3)(a) No person shall purchase, receive, or otherwise acquire more than nine grams of ephedrine base, pseudoephedrine base, or phenylpropanolamine base within any thirty-day period.

(b) This limit shall not apply to any quantity of such product, mixture, or preparation dispensed pursuant to a valid prescription written by a licensed health care professional having prescriptive authority.

(4) Wholesale drug distributors licensed by the Louisiana State Board of Wholesale Drug Distributors and registered with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration shall be exempt from the storage, reporting, record keeping, and physical security requirements for controlled dangerous substances for nonprescription products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine which are not listed in another schedule.

(5) Except for sales log requirements and the transmittal of transaction information to the central computer monitoring system authorized by the provisions of Part X-F of Chapter 4 of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, pharmacies and pharmacists licensed by the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy and registered with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration shall be exempt from the storage, reporting, record keeping, and physical security requirements for controlled dangerous substances for nonprescription products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine which are not listed in another schedule.

(6) The transaction information provided for in R.S. 40:1049.3 for the purchase of a nonprescription product containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine shall constitute an "order from a practitioner" as provided for in R.S. 40:970(C). Possession of a nonprescription product containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine pursuant to a valid transaction as provided for in R.S. 40:1049.3 shall be a defense for a violation of R.S. 40:970(C).

Amended by Acts 1991, No. 513, §§1, 3; Acts 1991, No. 842, §1, eff. July 23, 1991; Acts 1993, No. 156, §§1, 2; Acts 1993, No. 288, §1; Acts 1993, No. 616, §1; Acts 1997, No. 398, §1; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 129, §1; Acts 1999, No. 582, §1; Acts 1999, No. 755, §§1 and 2; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, eff. April 13, 2000; Acts 2001, No. 282, §§1 and 2; Acts 2001, No. 1036, §1; Acts 2004, No. 702, §1; Acts 2006, No. 54, §§1, 2; Acts 2006, No. 56, §1; Acts 2008, No. 67, §§1, 2; Acts 2009, No. 153, §1; Acts 2009, No. 165, §1; Acts 2009, No. 314, §1; Acts 2010, No. 565, §1; Acts 2010, No. 810, §§1, 2; Acts 2010, No. 866, §1; Acts 2011, No. 420, §§1, 2, eff. July 15, 2011.

*NOTE: Asterisks in Schedule I(A) and (B) indicate substances for which greater penalties are provided in R.S. 40:966(B) and (C).

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