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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 798 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1988, chapter 765.<\/p>","references":[{"id":66818,"section_number":"54.1-3443","catch_line":"Board to administer article","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3443\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":243633,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55398,"identifier":"54.1-3445","token":"54.1\/III\/34\/5\/54.1-3445","url":"\/54.1-3445\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3445\/","token":"54.1\/III\/34\/5\/54.1-3445","dublin_core":{"Title":"Placement of substance in Schedule I","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3445","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall place a substance in Schedule I if it finds that the substance:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Has high potential for abuse; and <a id=\"paragraph-203109\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3445\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Has no accepted medical use in treatment in the United States or lacks accepted safety for use in treatment under medical supervision. <a id=\"paragraph-203110\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3445\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPLACEMENT OF SUBSTANCE IN SCHEDULE I (\u00a7 54.1-3445)\n\nThe Board shall place a substance in Schedule I if it finds that the substance:\n\n1. Has high potential for abuse; and\n\n2. Has no accepted medical use in treatment in the United States or lacks\naccepted safety for use in treatment under medical supervision.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 798, \u00a7 54-524.84:3; 1988, c. 765.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}