1. The following controlled substances are included in Schedule IV:

2. A. any material, compound, mixture or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a potential for abuse associated with a depressant effect on the central nervous system:

   1. (1) barbital;
   2. (2) chloral betaine;
   3. (3) chloral hydrate;
   4. (4) ethchlorvynol;
   5. (5) ethinamate;
   6. (6) methohexital;
   7. (7) meprobamate;
   8. (8) methylphenobarbital;
   9. (9) paraldehyde;
   10. (10) petrichloral; or
   11. (11) phenobarbital;
3. B. controlled substances added to Schedule IV by rule adopted by the board pursuant to Section 30-31-3 NMSA 1978; and
4. C. the board may exempt by regulation any compound, mixture or preparation containing any depressant substance listed in Subsection A of this section from the application of all or any part of the Controlled Substances Act if the compound, mixture or preparation contains any active medicinal ingredients not having a depressant effect on the central nervous system and if the admixtures are included in combinations, quantity, proportion or concentration that vitiate the potential for abuse of the substances which have a depressant effect on the central nervous system.

History: 1953 Comp., § 54-11-9, enacted by Laws 1972, ch. 84, § 9; 2005, ch. 280, § 5.

ANNOTATIONS

Compiler's notes. — For conditions under which the board may exempt certain compounds, mixtures or preparations enumerated in this section from the application of the Controlled Substances Act, see 30-31-10 NMSA 1978.

The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, added Subsection E to provide that the board may by rule add controlled substances to Schedule IV.