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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="5-403" title_number="5" title_name="Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Schedules">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Schedule II consists of each controlled dangerous substance:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>added to Schedule II by the Department under § 5–202(b) of this title; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>designated as a Schedule II controlled dangerous substance by the federal government unless the Department objects under § 5–202(f) of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Department may not add a substance to Schedule II under § 5–202 of this title unless the Department finds:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a high potential for abuse of the substance;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>currently accepted medical use of the substance in the United States, or currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>evidence that abuse of the substance may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
