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2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 153
BY REPRESENTATIVE MACK
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES: Adds certain substances to Schedule I and Schedule II
of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 40:964(Schedule II)(A)(1)(introductory paragraph) and to enact
3 R.S. 40:964(Schedule I)(A)(61) and (C)(64), relative to controlled dangerous
4 substances; to provide relative to opiates and hallucinogenic substances; to provide
5 for additional prohibited controlled dangerous substances; and to provide for related
6 matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 40:964(Schedule II)(A)(1)(introductory paragraph) is hereby
9amended and reenacted and R.S. 40:964(Schedule I)(A)(61) and (C)(64) are hereby enacted
10to read as follows:
11 ยง964. Composition of schedules
12 Schedules I, II, III, IV, and V shall, unless and until added to pursuant to R.S.
13 40:962, consist of the following drugs or other substances, by whatever official
14 name, common or usual name, chemical name, or brand name designated:
15 SCHEDULE I
16 A. Opiates. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule,
17 any of the following opiates, including their isomers, esters, ethers, salts, or salts of
18 isomers, esters, and ethers, whenever the existence of such isomers, esters, ethers,
19 or salts is possible within the specific chemical designation:
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1 *(61) Cyclopropylfentanyl (N-(1-phenethylpiperidin-4-y1)-N-
2 phenylcyclopropanecarboxamide)
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4 C. Hallucinogenic substances. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed
5 in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation, which
6 contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, or which contains
7 any of their salts, isomers, or salts of isomers, whenever the existence of such salts,
8 isomers, or salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation, for
9 purposes of this Paragraph only, the term "isomer" includes the optical, position, and
10 geometric isomers:
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12 (64) Deschloroketamine (2-phenyl-2(methylamino) cyclohexanone)
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14 SCHEDULE II
15 A. Substances of vegetable origin or chemical synthesis. Unless specifically
16 excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any of the following substances
17 whether produced directly or indirectly by extraction from substances of vegetable
18 origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of
19 extraction and chemical synthesis:
20 (1) Opium and opiate, and any salt, compound, isomer, derivative, or
21 preparation of opium or opiate, excluding apomorphine, thebaine-derived
22 butorphanol, dextrorphan, nalbuphine, naldemedine, nalmefene, naloxegol,
23 naloxone, and naltrexone, and their respective salts, but including the following:
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 153 Original 2018 Regular Session Mack
Abstract: Adds Cyclopropylfentanyl and Deschloroketamine to Schedule I and
naldemedine to Schedule II of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law.
Present law prohibits the possession of various controlled dangerous drugs or substances
listed in Schedules I, II, III, IV, and V of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances
Law.
Proposed law adds Cyclopropylfentanyl and Deschloroketamine to Schedule I of the
Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law.
Proposed law adds naldemedine to Schedule II of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous
Substances Law.
(Amends R.S. 40:964(Schedule II)(A)(1)(intro. para.); Adds R.S. 40:964(Schedule I)(A)(61)
and (C)(64))
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