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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55398</law_id><section_number>54.1-3445</section_number><catch_line>Placement of substance in Schedule I</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>54.1-3443</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="34">Drug Control Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="5">Standards and Schedules</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall place a substance in Schedule I if it finds that the substance:</p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section></text><history>1972, c. 798, &#xA7; 54-524.84:3; 1988, c. 765.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
