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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="5-404" title_number="5" title_name="Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Schedules">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Schedule III consists of each controlled dangerous substance by whatever official name, common or usual name, chemical name, or brand name:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>added to Schedule III by the Department under § 5–202(b) of this title; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>designated as a Schedule III 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 III under § 5–202 of this title unless the Department finds:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a potential for abuse of the substance that is less than that for the substances listed in Schedule I and Schedule II;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>well documented and approved medical use of the substance in the United States; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>evidence that abuse of the substance may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
