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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the placement of certain substances in Penalty Groups 1 |
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and 3 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act for the purposes of |
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prosecution of criminal offenses involving those substances. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 481.102, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 481.102. PENALTY GROUP 1. Penalty Group 1 consists |
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of: |
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(1) the following opiates, including their isomers, |
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esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters, and ethers, |
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unless specifically excepted, if the existence of these isomers, |
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esters, ethers, and salts is possible within the specific chemical |
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designation: |
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Alfentanil; |
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Allylprodine; |
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Alphacetylmethadol; |
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Benzethidine; |
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Betaprodine; |
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Clonitazene; |
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Diampromide; |
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Diethylthiambutene; |
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Difenoxin not listed in Penalty Group 3 or 4; |
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Dimenoxadol; |
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Dimethylthiambutene; |
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Dioxaphetyl butyrate; |
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Dipipanone; |
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Ethylmethylthiambutene; |
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Etonitazene; |
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Etoxeridine; |
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Furethidine; |
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Hydroxypethidine; |
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Ketobemidone; |
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Levophenacylmorphan; |
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Meprodine; |
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Methadol; |
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Moramide; |
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Morpheridine; |
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Noracymethadol; |
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Norlevorphanol; |
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Normethadone; |
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Norpipanone; |
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Phenadoxone; |
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Phenampromide; |
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Phenomorphan; |
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Phenoperidine; |
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Piritramide; |
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Proheptazine; |
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Properidine; |
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Propiram; |
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Sufentanil; |
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Tilidine; and |
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Trimeperidine; |
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(2) the following opium derivatives, their salts, |
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isomers, and salts of isomers, unless specifically excepted, if the |
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existence of these salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible |
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within the specific chemical designation: |
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Acetorphine; |
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Acetyldihydrocodeine; |
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Benzylmorphine; |
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Codeine methylbromide; |
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Codeine-N-Oxide; |
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Cyprenorphine; |
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Desomorphine; |
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Dihydromorphine; |
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Drotebanol; |
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Etorphine, except hydrochloride salt; |
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Heroin; |
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Hydromorphinol; |
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Methyldesorphine; |
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Methyldihydromorphine; |
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Monoacetylmorphine; |
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Morphine methylbromide; |
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Morphine methylsulfonate; |
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Morphine-N-Oxide; |
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Myrophine; |
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Nicocodeine; |
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Nicomorphine; |
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Normorphine; |
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Pholcodine; and |
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Thebacon; |
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(3) the following substances, however produced, |
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except those narcotic drugs listed in another group: |
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(A) Opium and opiate not listed in Penalty Group |
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3 or 4, and a salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of opium or |
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opiate, other than thebaine derived butorphanol, nalmefene and its |
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salts, naloxone and its salts, and naltrexone and its salts, but |
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including: |
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Codeine not listed in Penalty Group 3 or 4; |
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Dihydroetorphine; |
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Ethylmorphine not listed in Penalty Group 3 |
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or 4; |
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Granulated opium; |
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Hydrocodone not listed in Penalty Group 3; |
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Hydromorphone; |
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Metopon; |
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Morphine not listed in Penalty Group 3; |
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Opium extracts; |
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Opium fluid extracts; |
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Oripavine; |
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Oxycodone; |
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Oxymorphone; |
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Powdered opium; |
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Raw opium; |
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Thebaine; and |
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Tincture of opium; |
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(B) a salt, compound, isomer, derivative, or |
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preparation of a substance that is chemically equivalent or |
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identical to a substance described by Paragraph (A), other than the |
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isoquinoline alkaloids of opium; |
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(C) Opium poppy and poppy straw; |
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(D) Cocaine, including: |
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(i) its salts, its optical, position, and |
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geometric isomers, and the salts of those isomers; |
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(ii) coca leaves and a salt, compound, |
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derivative, or preparation of coca leaves; and |
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(iii) a salt, compound, derivative, or |
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preparation of a salt, compound, or derivative that is chemically |
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equivalent or identical to a substance described by Subparagraph |
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(i) or (ii), other than decocainized coca leaves or extractions of |
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coca leaves that do not contain cocaine or ecgonine; and |
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(E) concentrate of poppy straw, meaning the crude |
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extract of poppy straw in liquid, solid, or powder form that |
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contains the phenanthrine alkaloids of the opium poppy; |
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(4) the following opiates, including their isomers, |
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esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, if the existence of |
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these isomers, esters, ethers, and salts is possible within the |
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specific chemical designation: |
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Acetyl-alpha-methylfentanyl (N-[1-(1-methyl-2- |
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phenethyl)-4-piperidinyl]-N-phenylacetamide); |
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Alpha-methylthiofentanyl (N-[1-methyl-2-(2- |
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thienyl)ethyl-4-piperidinyl]-N-phenylpropanamide); |
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Alphaprodine; |
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Anileridine; |
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Beta-hydroxyfentanyl (N-[1-(2-hydroxy-2- |
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phenethyl)-4-piperidinyl] -N-phenylpropanamide); |
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Beta-hydroxy-3-methylfentanyl; |
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Bezitramide; |
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Carfentanil; |
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Dihydrocodeine not listed in Penalty Group 3 or 4; |
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Diphenoxylate not listed in Penalty Group 3 or 4; |
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Fentanyl or alpha-methylfentanyl, or any other |
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derivative of Fentanyl; |
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Isomethadone; |
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Levomethorphan; |
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Levorphanol; |
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Metazocine; |
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Methadone; |
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Methadone-Intermediate, 4-cyano-2-dimethylamino- |
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4, 4-diphenyl butane; |
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3-methylfentanyl(N-[3-methyl-1-(2-phenylethyl)- |
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4-piperidyl]-N-phenylpropanamide); |
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3-methylthiofentanyl(N-[3-methyl-1-(2-thienyl) |
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ethyl-4-piperidinyl]-N-phenylpropanamide); |
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Moramide-Intermediate, 2-methyl-3-morpholino-1, |
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1-diphenyl-propane-carboxylic acid; |
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Para-fluorofentanyl(N-(4-fluorophenyl)-N-1-(2- |
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phenylethyl)-4-piperidinylpropanamide); |
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PEPAP (1-(2-phenethyl)-4-phenyl-4- |
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acetoxypiperidine); |
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Pethidine (Meperidine); |
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Pethidine-Intermediate-A, 4-cyano-1-methyl-4- |
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phenylpiperidine; |
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Pethidine-Intermediate-B, ethyl-4- |
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phenylpiperidine-4 carboxylate; |
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Pethidine-Intermediate-C, 1-methyl-4- |
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phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylic acid; |
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Phenazocine; |
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Piminodine; |
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Racemethorphan; |
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Racemorphan; |
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Remifentanil; and |
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Thiofentanyl(N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-thienyl)ethyl-4-pi |
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peridinyl]-propanamide); |
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(5) Flunitrazepam (trade or other name: Rohypnol); |
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(6) Methamphetamine, including its salts, optical |
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isomers, and salts of optical isomers; |
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(7) Phenylacetone and methylamine, if possessed |
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together with intent to manufacture methamphetamine; |
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(8) Phencyclidine, including its salts; |
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(9) Gamma hydroxybutyric acid (some trade or other |
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names: gamma hydroxybutyrate, GHB), including its salts; [and] |
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(10) Ketamine; |
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(11) Phenazepam; |
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(12) U-47700; and |
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(13) AH-7921. |
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SECTION 2. Section 481.104(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Penalty Group 3 consists of: |
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(1) a material, compound, mixture, or preparation that |
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contains any quantity of the following substances having a |
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potential for abuse associated with a stimulant effect on the |
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central nervous system: |
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Methylphenidate and its salts; and |
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Phenmetrazine and its salts; |
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(2) a material, compound, mixture, or preparation that |
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contains any quantity of the following substances having a |
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potential for abuse associated with a depressant effect on the |
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central nervous system: |
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a substance that contains any quantity of a |
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derivative of barbituric acid, or any salt of a derivative of |
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barbituric acid not otherwise described by this subsection; |
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a compound, mixture, or preparation containing |
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amobarbital, secobarbital, pentobarbital, or any salt of any of |
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these, and one or more active medicinal ingredients that are not |
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listed in any penalty group; |
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a suppository dosage form containing amobarbital, |
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secobarbital, pentobarbital, or any salt of any of these drugs, and |
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approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for |
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marketing only as a suppository; |
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Alprazolam; |
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Amobarbital; |
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Bromazepam; |
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Camazepam; |
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Carisoprodol; |
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Chlordiazepoxide; |
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Chlorhexadol; |
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Clobazam; |
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Clonazepam; |
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Clorazepate; |
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Clotiazepam; |
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Cloxazolam; |
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Delorazepam; |
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Diazepam; |
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Estazolam; |
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Ethyl loflazepate; |
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Etizolam; |
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Fludiazepam; |
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Flurazepam; |
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Glutethimide; |
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Halazepam; |
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Haloxzolam; |
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Ketazolam; |
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Loprazolam; |
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Lorazepam; |
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Lormetazepam; |
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Lysergic acid, including its salts, isomers, and |
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salts of isomers; |
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Lysergic acid amide, including its salts, |
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isomers, and salts of isomers; |
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Mebutamate; |
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Medazepam; |
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Methyprylon; |
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Midazolam; |
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Nimetazepam; |
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Nitrazepam; |
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Nordiazepam; |
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Oxazepam; |
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Oxazolam; |
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Pentazocine, its salts, derivatives, or compounds |
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or mixtures thereof; |
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Pentobarbital; |
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Pinazepam; |
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Prazepam; |
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Quazepam; |
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Secobarbital; |
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Sulfondiethylmethane; |
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Sulfonethylmethane; |
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Sulfonmethane; |
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Temazepam; |
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Tetrazepam; |
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Tiletamine and zolazepam in combination, and its |
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salts. (some trade or other names for a tiletamine-zolazepam |
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combination product: Telazol, for tiletamine: 2-(ethylamino)- |
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2-(2-thienyl)-cyclohexanone, and for zolazepam: 4-(2- |
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fluorophenyl)-6, 8-dihydro-1,3,8,-trimethylpyrazolo-[3,4- |
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e](1,4)-d diazepin-7(1H)-one, flupyrazapon); |
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Tramadol; |
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Triazolam; |
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Zaleplon; |
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Zolpidem; and |
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Zopiclone; |
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(3) Nalorphine; |
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(4) a material, compound, mixture, or preparation |
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containing limited quantities of the following narcotic drugs, or |
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any of their salts: |
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not more than 1.8 grams of codeine, or any of its |
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salts, per 100 milliliters or not more than 90 milligrams per dosage |
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unit, with an equal or greater quantity of an isoquinoline alkaloid |
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of opium; |
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not more than 1.8 grams of codeine, or any of its |
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salts, per 100 milliliters or not more than 90 milligrams per dosage |
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unit, with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in |
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recognized therapeutic amounts; |
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not more than 300 milligrams of dihydrocodeinone |
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(hydrocodone), or any of its salts, per 100 milliliters or not more |
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than 15 milligrams per dosage unit, with a fourfold or greater |
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quantity of an isoquinoline alkaloid of opium; |
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not more than 300 milligrams of dihydrocodeinone |
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(hydrocodone), or any of its salts, per 100 milliliters or not more |
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than 15 milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more active, |
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nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts; |
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not more than 1.8 grams of dihydrocodeine, or any |
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of its salts, per 100 milliliters or not more than 90 milligrams per |
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dosage unit, with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in |
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recognized therapeutic amounts; |
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not more than 300 milligrams of ethylmorphine, or |
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any of its salts, per 100 milliliters or not more than 15 milligrams |
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per dosage unit, with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients |
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in recognized therapeutic amounts; |
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not more than 500 milligrams of opium per 100 |
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milliliters or per 100 grams, or not more than 25 milligrams per |
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dosage unit, with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in |
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recognized therapeutic amounts; |
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not more than 50 milligrams of morphine, or any of |
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its salts, per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams with one or more |
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active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts; |
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and |
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not more than 1 milligram of difenoxin and not |
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less than 25 micrograms of atropine sulfate per dosage unit; |
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(5) a material, compound, mixture, or preparation that |
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contains any quantity of the following substances: |
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Barbital; |
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Chloral betaine; |
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Chloral hydrate; |
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Ethchlorvynol; |
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Ethinamate; |
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Meprobamate; |
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Methohexital; |
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Methylphenobarbital (Mephobarbital); |
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Paraldehyde; |
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Petrichloral; and |
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Phenobarbital; |
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(6) Peyote, unless unharvested and growing in its |
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natural state, meaning all parts of the plant classified |
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botanically as Lophophora, whether growing or not, the seeds of the |
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plant, an extract from a part of the plant, and every compound, |
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manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the |
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plant, its seeds, or extracts; |
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(7) unless listed in another penalty group, a |
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material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains any |
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quantity of the following substances having a stimulant effect on |
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the central nervous system, including the substance's salts, |
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optical, position, or geometric isomers, and salts of the |
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substance's isomers, if the existence of the salts, isomers, and |
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salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical |
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designation: |
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Benzphetamine; |
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Cathine [(+)-norpseudoephedrine]; |
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Chlorphentermine; |
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Clortermine; |
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Diethylpropion; |
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Fencamfamin; |
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Fenfluramine; |
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Fenproporex; |
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Mazindol; |
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Mefenorex; |
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Modafinil; |
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Pemoline (including organometallic complexes and |
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their chelates); |
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Phendimetrazine; |
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Phentermine; |
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Pipradrol; |
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Sibutramine; and |
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SPA [(-)-1-dimethylamino-1,2-diphenylethane]; |
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(8) unless specifically excepted or unless listed in |
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another penalty group, a material, compound, mixture, or |
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preparation that contains any quantity of the following substance, |
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including its salts: |
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Dextropropoxyphene (Alpha-(+)-4-dimethylamino- |
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1,2-diphenyl-3-methyl-2-propionoxybutane); |
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(9) an anabolic steroid, including any drug or |
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hormonal substance, or any substance that is chemically or |
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pharmacologically related to testosterone, other than an estrogen, |
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progestin, dehydroepiandrosterone, or corticosteroid, and promotes |
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muscle growth, including the following drugs and substances and any |
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salt, ester, or ether of the following drugs and substances: |
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Androstanediol; |
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Androstanedione; |
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Androstenediol; |
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Androstenedione; |
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Bolasterone; |
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Boldenone; |
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Calusterone; |
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Clostebol; |
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Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone; |
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Delta-1-dihydrotestosterone; |
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Dihydrotestosterone (4-dihydrotestosterone); |
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Drostanolone; |
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Ethylestrenol; |
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Fluoxymesterone; |
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Formebulone; |
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Furazabol; |
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13beta-ethyl-17beta-hydroxygon-4-en-3-one; |
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4-hydroxytestosterone; |
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4-hydroxy-19-nortestosterone; |
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Mestanolone; |
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Mesterolone; |
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Methandienone; |
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Methandriol; |
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Methenolone; |
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17alpha-methyl-3beta, 17 beta-dihydroxy-5alpha- |
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androstane; |
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17alpha-methyl-3alpha, 17 beta-dihydroxy-5alpha- |
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androstane; |
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17alpha-methyl-3beta, 17beta-dihydroxyandrost-4- |
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ene; |
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17alpha-methyl-4-hydroxynandrolone; |
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Methyldienolone; |
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Methyltestosterone; |
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Methyltrienolone; |
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17alpha-methyl-delta-1-dihydrotestosterone; |
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Mibolerone; |
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Nandrolone; |
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Norandrostenediol; |
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Norandrostenedione; |
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Norbolethone; |
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Norclostebol; |
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Norethandrolone; |
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Normethandrolone; |
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Oxandrolone; |
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Oxymesterone; |
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Oxymetholone; |
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Stanozolol; |
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Stenbolone; |
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Testolactone; |
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Testosterone; |
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Tetrahydrogestrinone; and |
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Trenbolone; and |
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(10) Salvia divinorum, unless unharvested and growing |
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in its natural state, meaning all parts of that plant, whether |
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growing or not, the seeds of that plant, an extract from a part of |
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that plant, and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, |
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mixture, or preparation of that plant, its seeds, or extracts, |
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including Salvinorin A. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |