Controlled Substances
Tennessee 112th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 53, Chapter 10; Title 53, Chapter 11 and Title 63, relative to controlled substances. [HB-1897]
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As introduced, requires employers of healthcare prescribers to report to the TBI and local law enforcement authorities, as well as the department of health, prescribers that acquire or attempt to acquire controlled substances by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception, or subterfuge. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 10; Title 53, Chapter 11 and Title 63.
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 53, Chapter 10; Title 53, Chapter 11 and Title 63, relative to controlled substances. [SB-1843]
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As introduced, requires employers of healthcare prescribers to report to the TBI and local law enforcement authorities, as well as the department of health, prescribers that acquire or attempt to acquire controlled substances by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception, or subterfuge. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 10; Title 53, Chapter 11 and Title 63.
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Tennessee 112th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4 and Title 63, relative to drug paraphernalia. [SB-1802]
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As enacted, expands the definition of drug paraphernalia to include pill press devices and pieces of a pill press device, unless the pill press device or piece is used by a person or entity that lawfully possesses drug products in the course of legitimate business activities, including a pharmacy or pharmacist licensed by the board of pharmacy; a wholesale drug distributor, or its agents, licensed by the board of pharmacy; and a manufacturer of drug products, or its agents, licensed by the board of pharmacy. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Health. [SB-2152]
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Authorizes state-licensed and credentialed physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, and physician assistants, who are not physically in the State, to issue prescriptions for certain controlled substances under a limited circumstance. Authorizes pharmacies to dispense such prescriptions.
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Tennessee 112th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4 and Title 63, relative to drug paraphernalia. [HB-1763]
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As enacted, expands the definition of drug paraphernalia to include pill press devices and pieces of a pill press device, unless the pill press device or piece is used by a person or entity that lawfully possesses drug products in the course of legitimate business activities, including a pharmacy or pharmacist licensed by the board of pharmacy; a wholesale drug distributor, or its agents, licensed by the board of pharmacy; and a manufacturer of drug products, or its agents, licensed by the board of pharmacy. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part
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Idaho 2022 Regular Session
Amends existing law to provide that certain nabiximols shall not be considered Schedule I controlled substances. [HB-446]
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CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES -- Amends existing law to provide that certain nabiximols shall not be considered Schedule I controlled substances.
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Utah 2022 General Session
Mental Illness Psychotherapy Drug Task Force [HB-167]
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Mental Illness Psychotherapy Drug Task Force
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Utah 2022 General Session
Overdose Harm Reduction Working Group [HB-161]
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Overdose Harm Reduction Working Group
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South Dakota 2022 Regular Session
Include out-of-state convictions as a basis of an enhanced penalty for certain drug crimes. [HB-1069]
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Include out-of-state convictions as a basis of an enhanced penalty for certain drug crimes.
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Tennessee 112th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 68, Chapter 7, relative to qualifying medical diagnoses for the use of medical cannabis. [HB-1747]
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As enacted, adds quadriplegia as a qualifying medical condition for the lawful possession of cannabis oil. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 68, Chapter 7.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Controlled substances; possession, penalties. [SB-411]
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Possession of controlled substances; penalties. Reduces the penalty for possession of a Schedule I or II controlled substance from a Class 5 felony to a Class 1 misdemeanor and the penalty for possession of a Schedule IV or V controlled substance from a Class 2 misdemeanor and a Class 3 misdemeanor, respectively, to a Class 4 misdemeanor. Consequently, the bill removes felony violations of possession of a controlled substance from the definition of barrier crime related to criminal history checks for eligibility for various types of employment,
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Controlled substances; prescriber may establish practitioner-patient relationship. [HB-921]
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Prescribing controlled substances; practitioner-patient relationship; telemedicine. Provides that a prescriber may establish a practitioner-patient relationship for the purpose of prescribing Schedule II through V controlled substances via synchronous interaction with a patient and for the purpose of prescribing Schedule VI controlled substances via asynchronous interaction. The terms "synchronous interaction" and "asynchronous interaction" are defined in the bill.
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Arizona Fifty-fifth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2022)
Opioid prescriptions; intractable pain; exceptions [SB-1162]
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Opioid prescriptions; intractable pain; exceptions
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Health care; decision making, end of life, penalties. [HB-1095]
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Health care; decision making; Health care; decision making; end of life; penalties. Allows an adult diagnosed with a terminal condition to request and an attending health care provider to prescribe a self-administered controlled substance for the purpose of ending the patient's life in a humane and dignified manner. The bill requires that a patient's request for a self-administered controlled substance to end his life must be given orally on two occasions and in writing, signed by the patient and one witness, and that the patient be given an express
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Barrier crimes; possession of controlled substances. [HB-618]
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Possession of controlled substances; barrier crimes. Removes from the definition of barrier crime a felony violation of possession of a controlled substance.
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South Dakota 2022 Regular Session
Revise the enhanced penalty for unauthorized manufacture, distribution, counterfeiting or possession of Schedule I or II substances. [SB-78]
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Revise the enhanced penalty for unauthorized manufacture, distribution, counterfeiting or possession of Schedule I or II substances.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Controlled substances; substance shall not include mere residue that is not a usable quantity, etc. [HB-619]
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Possession of controlled substances; residue. Provides that for the purposes of the crime of possession of controlled substances, "controlled substance" does not include mere residue of any substance that is not a usable quantity or a countable dosage unit. Possession of controlled substances; residue. Provides that for the purposes of the crime of possession of controlled substances, "controlled substance" does not include mere residue of any substance that is not a usable quantity or a countable dosage unit.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Controlled substances; reduces penalties for possession. [HB-612]
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Possession of controlled substances; penalties. Reduces the penalty for possession of a Schedule I or II controlled substance from a Class 5 felony to a Class 1 misdemeanor and the penalty for possession of a Schedule IV or V controlled substance from a Class 2 misdemeanor and a Class 3 misdemeanor, respectively, to a Class 4 misdemeanor. Consequently, the bill removes felony violations of possession of a controlled substance committed on or after July 1, 2022, from the definition of barrier crime related to criminal history checks for eligibility
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Barrier crimes; removing offenses involving possession, etc., of controlled substances. [HB-343]
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Barrier crimes; removing offenses involving possession, use, manufacturing, etc., of controlled substances. Removes nonviolent offenses involving the possession, use, manufacturing, distributing, selling, etc., of controlled substances from the list of crimes that constitute a barrier to employment.
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Tennessee 112th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4, relative to controlled substances. [SB-1683]
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As introduced, makes lawful the possession and distribution of testing equipment for identifying or analyzing the strength, components, or purity of a controlled substance by certain persons and entities. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.