NJ Rev Stat § 24:21-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 24 - Food and Drugs|Section 24:21-5 - Schedule I.

24:21-5 Schedule I.  a. Tests. The director shall place a substance in Schedule I if he finds that the substance: (1) has high potential for abuse; and (2) has no accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; or lacks accepted safety for use in treatment under medical supervision. b. The controlled dangerous substances listed in this section are included in Schedule I, subject to any revision and republishing by the director pursuant to subsection d. of section 3 of P.L.1970, c.226 (C.24:21-3), and except to the extent provided in any other schedule. c. Any of the following opiates, including their isomers, esters, and ethers, unless specifically excepted, whenever the existence of such isomers, esters, ethers and salts is possible within the specific chemical designation: (1) Acetylmethadol (2) Allylprodine (3) Alphacetylmethadol (4) Alphameprodine (5) Alphamethadol (6) Benzethidine (7) Betacetylmethadol (8) Betameprodine (9) Betamethadol (10) Betaprodine (11) Clonitazene (12) Dextromoramide (13) Dextrorphan (14) Diampromide (15) Diethylthiambutene (16) Dimenoxadol (17) Dimepheptanol (18) Dimethylthiambutene (19) Dioxaphetyl butyrate (20) Dipipanone (21) Ethylmethylthiambutene (22) Etonitazene (23) Etoxeridine (24) Furethidine (25) Hydroxypethidine (26) Ketobemidone (27) Levomoramide (28) Levophenacylmorphan (29) Morpheridine (30) Noracymethadol (31) Norlevorphanol (32) Normethadone (33) Norpipanone (34) Phenadoxone (35) Phenampromide (36) Phenomorphan (37) Phenoperidine (38) Piritramide (39) Proheptazine (40) Properidine (41) Racemoramide (42) Trimeperidine. d. Any of the following narcotic substances, their salts, isomers and salts of isomers, unless specifically excepted, whenever the existence of such salts, isomers and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation: (1) Acetorphine (2) Acetylcodone (3) Acetyldihydrocodeine (4) Benzylmorphine (5) Codeine methylbromide (6) Codeine-N-Oxide (7) Cyprenorphine (8) Desomorphine (9) Dihydromorphine (10) Etorphine (11) Heroin (12) Hydromorphinol (13) Methyldesorphine (14) Methylhydromorphine (15) Morphine methylbromide (16) Morphine methylsulfonate (17) Morphine-N-Oxide (18) Myrophine (19) Nicocodeine (20) Nicomorphine (21) Normorphine (22) Phoclodine (23) Thebacon. e. Any material, compound, mixture or preparation which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, their salts, isomers and salts of isomers, unless specifically excepted, whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation: (1) 3,4-methylenedioxy amphetamine (2) 5-methoxy-3,4-methylenedioxy amphetamine (3) 3,4,5-trimethoxy amphetamine (4) Bufotenine (5) Diethyltryptamine (6) Dimethyltryptamine (7) 4-methyl-2,5-dimethoxylamphetamine (8) Ibogaine (9) Lysergic acid diethylamide (10) Marihuana; except that on and after the effective date of the "New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act," P.L.2021, c.16 (C.24:6I-31 et al.), marihuana shall no longer be included in Schedule I, and shall not be designated or rescheduled and included in any other schedule by the director pursuant to the director's designation and rescheduling authority set forth in section 3 of P.L.1970, c.226 (C.24:21-3). (11) Mescaline (12) Peyote (13) N-ethyl-3-piperidyl benzilate (14) N-methyl-3-piperidyl benzilate (15) Psilocybin (16) Psilocyn (17) Tetrahydrocannabinols, except when found in hemp or a hemp product cultivated, handled, processed, transported, or sold pursuant to the "New Jersey Hemp Farming Act," P.L.2019, c.238 (C.4:28-6 et al.), or cannabis or a cannabis item, as those terms are defined in section 3 of P.L.2021, c.16 (C.24:6I-33), that is grown, cultivated, produced, or manufactured in accordance with the "New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act," P.L.2021, c.16 (C.24:6I-31 et al.). L.1970, c.226, s.5; amended 2007, c.244, s.3; 2018, c.139, s.8; 2019, c.238, s.12; 2021, c.16, s.44.