453.2188 - Placement of substance in schedule allowed if controlled by federal law pursuant to international treaty, convention or protocol.

453.2188  Placement of substance in schedule allowed if controlled by federal law pursuant to international treaty, convention or protocol.  The Board may place a substance in schedule I, II, III, IV or V without making the findings respectively required for those schedules if the substance is controlled under the corresponding schedule of the federal Controlled Substances Act by a federal agency as the result of an international treaty, convention or protocol.

      (Added to NRS by 1991, 1646)

      NRS 453.219  Controlled substance analog: Treatment as substance in schedule I; notice of prosecution; determination by Board.  A controlled substance analog, to the extent intended for human consumption, must be treated, for the purposes of NRS 453.011 to 453.552, inclusive, as a substance included in schedule I. Within 30 days after the initiation of prosecution with respect to a controlled substance analog by indictment or information, the district attorney shall notify the Board of information relevant to scheduling by extraordinary regulation as provided for in NRS 453.2184. If the Board finally determines that the controlled substance analog should not be scheduled, no prosecution relating to that substance as a controlled substance analog may be commenced or continued.

      (Added to NRS by 1991, 1646; A 2001, 1056; 2003, 552)