New Jersey § 24:21-8
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 24:21-8, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 24:21-8.
a. Tests. The director shall place a substance in Schedule IV if he finds that the substance: (1) has low
potential for abuse relative to the substances listed in Schedule 1 III; (2) has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States;
and (3) may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological dependence relative
to the substances listed in Schedule III. b. The controlled dangerous substances listed in this section are included in Schedule
IV. c. Any material, compound, mixture or preparation which contains any quantity of the
following substances having a potential for abuse associated with a depressant effect
on the central nervous system: (1) Barbital (2) Chloral betaine (3) Chloral hydrate (4) Ethchlorovynol 2 (5) Ethinamate (6) Methohexital (7) Meprobamate (8) Methylphenobarbital (9) Paraldehyde (10) Petrichloral (11) Phenobarbital . d. The director may except by rule any compound, mixture, or preparation containing any depressant
substance listed in subsection c. from the application of all or any part of this
act if the compound, mixture or preparation contains one or more active medicinal
ingredients not having a depressant effect on the central nervous system, and if the
admixtures are included therein in combinations, quantity, proportion or concentration
that vitiate the potential for abuse of the substances which have a depressant effect
on the central nervous system. 1
N.J.S.A. § 24:21-7. 2
So in original.
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