{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-48-902.01","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 48-902.01","heading":"Administration.","body":"(a)\nThe Mayor shall administer this chapter and, with provision for public notice and comment, may add substances to or delete or reschedule all substances enumerated in the schedules in § 48-902.04, § 48-902.06, § 48-902.08, § 48-902.10 or § 48-902.12 pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 and pursuant to the procedures set forth in this chapter. In making a determination regarding a substance, the Mayor shall consider the following:\n(1)\nThe actual or relative potential for abuse;\n(2)\nThe scientific evidence of its pharmacological effect, if known;\n(3)\nThe state of current scientific knowledge regarding the substance;\n(4)\nThe history and current pattern of abuse;\n(5)\nThe scope, duration, and significance of abuse;\n(6)\nThe risk to the public health;\n(7)\nThe potential of the substance to produce psychological or physiological dependence; and\n(8)\nWhether the substance is an immediate precursor of a substance already controlled under this subchapter.\n\n(b)\nAfter considering the factors enumerated in subsection (a) of this section and after complying with subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, the Mayor shall make findings with respect to the factors and issue a rule either controlling the substance if the Mayor finds that the substance has a potential for abuse or deleting the substance if the Mayor finds that the substance does not have a potential for abuse.\n\n(c)\nIf the Mayor designates a substance as an immediate precursor, substances which are precursors of the controlled precursor shall not be subject to control solely because they are precursors of the controlled precursor.\n\n(d)\nIf any substance is designated, rescheduled, or deleted as a controlled substance under federal law, the Mayor may similarly designate, reschedule, or delete the controlled substance under this chapter, or may otherwise designate, reschedule or delete as a controlled substance pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section.\n\n(e)\nAuthority to control under this section does not extend to tobacco or to distilled spirits, wine, or malt beverages, as those terms are defined or used in § 25-103.","path":["Title 48. Foods and Drugs.","Chapter 9. Controlled Substances Act.","Subchapter II. Standards and Schedules."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/48-902.01","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"d962a305730fe0bf284890d8de10883597e2bd57e4f3cbab72ba9b43a9d7726f","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-48-901.02","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-48-902.02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}