Hawaii Revised Statutes

Haw. Rev. Stat. § 329-20 (2026)

  Schedule IV

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     §329-20  Schedule IV.  (a)  The controlled substances listed in this section are included in schedule IV.

     (b)  Depressants.  Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains any quantity of the following substances, including its salts, isomers, esters, ethers, and salts of isomers, whenever the existence of these isomers, esters, ethers, and salts is possible within the specific chemical designation, that has a degree of danger or probable danger associated with a depressant effect on the central nervous system:

     (1)  Alprazolam;

     (2)  Barbital;

     (3)  Brexanolone;

     (4)  Bromazepam;

     (5)  Butorphanol;

     (6)  Camazepam;

     (7)  Carisoprodol;

     (8)  Chloral betaine;

     (9)  Chloral hydrate;

    (10)  Chlordiazepoxide;

    (11)  Clobazam;

    (12)  Clonazepam;

    (13)  Clorazepate;

    (14)  Clotiazepam;

    (15)  Cloxazolam;

    (16)  Daridorexant;

    (17)  Delorazepam;

    (18)  Diazepam;

    (19)  Dichloralphenazone (Midrin);

    (20)  Estazolam;

    (21)  Ethchlorvynol;

    (22)  Ethinamate;

    (23)  Ethyl loflazepate;

    (24)  Fludiazepam;

    (25)  Flunitrazepam;

    (26)  Flurazepam;

    (27)  Fospropofol (Lusedra);

    (28)  Halazepam;

    (29)  Haloxazolam;

    (30)  Ketazolam;

    (31)  Lemborexant ((1R,2S)-2-[(2,4-dimethylpyrimidin-5-yl)oxymethyl]-2-(3-fluorophenyl)-N-(5-fluoropyridin-2-yl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide);

    (32)  Loprazolam;

    (33)  Lorazepam;

    (34)  Lormetazepam;

    (35)  Mebutamate;

    (36)  Medazepam;

    (37)  Meprobamate;

    (38)  Methohexital;

    (39)  Methylphenobarbital (mephorbarbital);

    (40)  Midazolam;

    (41)  Nimetazepam;

    (42)  Nitrazepam;

    (43)  Nordiazepam;

    (44)  Oxazepam;

    (45)  Oxazolam;

    (46)  Paraldehyde;

    (47)  Petrichloral;

    (48)  Phenobarbital;

    (49)  Pinazepam;

    (50)  Prazepam;

    (51)  Quazepam;

    (52)  Remimazolam;

    (53)  Suvorexant;

    (54)  Temazepam;

    (55)  Tetrazepam;

    (56)  Triazolam;

    (57)  Zaleplon;

    (58)  Zolpidem;

    (59)  Zopiclone (Lunesta); and

    (60)  Zuranolone.

     (c)  Stimulants.  Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains any quantity of the following substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system, including its salts, isomers, and salts of such isomers whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:

     (1)  Cathine ((+)-norpseudoephedrine);

     (2)  Diethylpropion;

     (3)  Fencamfamin;

     (4)  Fenproporex;

     (5)  Lorcaserin;

     (6)  Mazindol;

     (7)  Mefenorex;

     (8)  Modafinil;

     (9)  Pemoline (including organometallic complexes and chelates thereof);

    (10)  Phentermine;

    (11)  Pipradrol;

    (12)  Serdexmethylphenidate;

    (13)  Sibutramine;

    (14)  Solriamfetol; and

    (15)  SPA (1-dimethylamino-1,2-diphenylethane, lefetamine).

     (d)  Other substances.  Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains any quantity of the following substances, including its optical isomers and its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers:

     (1)  Pentazocine; and

     (2)  Eluxadoline (5-[[[(2S)-2-amino-3-[4-aminocarbonyl)-2,6-dimethylphenyl]-1-oxopropyl][(1S)-1-(4-phenyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)ethyl]amino]methyl]-2-methoxybenzoic acid).

     (e)  The department of law enforcement may except by rule any compound, mixture, or preparation containing any depressant substance listed in subsection (b) or any stimulant listed in subsection (c) from the application of all or any part of this chapter if the compound, mixture, or preparation contains one or more active medicinal ingredients not having a depressant or stimulant effect on the central nervous system, and if the admixtures are included therein in combinations, quantity, proportion, or concentration that vitiate the degree of danger or probable danger of the substances which have a depressant or stimulant effect on the central nervous system.

     (f)  Narcotic drugs.  Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any of the following narcotic drugs, or their salts calculated as the free anhydrous base or alkaloid, in limited quantities as set forth below:

     (1)  Not more than one milligram of difenoxin and not less than twenty-five micrograms of atropine sulfate per dosage unit;

     (2)  Dextropropoxyphene (alpha-(+)-4-dimethylamino-1,2-diphenyl-3-methyl-2-propionoxybutane); and

     (3)  2-[(dimethylamino)methyl]-1-(3-methoxyphenyl)cyclohexanol, its salts, optical and geometric isomers and salts of these isomers (including tramadol). [L 1972, c 10, pt of §1; am L 1973, c 184, §1; am L 1974, c 217, §4; am L 1977, c 116, §3; am L 1978, c 68, §5; am L 1979, c 194, §3; am L 1980, c 140, §2; am L 1985, c 150, §3; am L 1987, c 203, §2; am L 1990, c 281, §10; am L 1993, c 9, §1; am L 1995, c 122, §4; am L 2000, c 98, §5; am L 2001, c 203, §5; am L 2002, c 165, §2; am L 2003, c 151, §5; am L 2006, c 171, §1; am L 2008, c 119, §5; am L 2010, c 123, §3; am L 2014, c 54, §3; am L 2015, c 195, §3; am L 2016, c 218, §4; am L 2021, c 233, §3; am L 2022, c 106, §3 and c 278, §17; am L 2023, c 162, §2; am L 2025, c 107, §3]

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1982–2023 · leading case: State v. Skapinok., 510 P.3d 599 (Haw. 2022).
State v. Skapinok., 510 P.3d 599 (Haw. 2022). · cites it 4× “In turn, Chapter 329, the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, classifies numerous legal prescription medications as controlled substances in schedules I through IV, including, for example: Marijuana (HRS § 329-14(d)(20) (2010)), Xanax (HRS § 329-20(b)(1) (2010)) (identified by…”
State v. Kido, 654 P.2d 1351 (Haw. App. 1982). · cites it 4× “HRS § 329-20(b). “Quaalude” is a trade name for methaqualone.”
McKenzie v. Hawai'i Permanente Med. Grp., Inc., 47 P.3d 1209 (Haw. 2002). “Tennenhouse, Attorneys Medical Deskbook 3D § 24:6 (1993) (describing drug classifications) and Hawai'i Revised Statutes § 329-20 (Supp.2001) (identifying Class IV controlled substances).”
State v. Perry, 531 P.3d 1083 (Haw. App. 2023). · cites it 3× “" The District Court took judicial notice that Alprazolam is a Schedule IV controlled substance under HRS § 329-20(b)(1). With respect to whether Perry was under the influence of Alprazolam, the District Court considered the citing officer's testimony that Perry admitted "taking…”
— Haw. Rev. Stat. § 329-20(b) — 1 case
State v. Kido, 654 P.2d 1351 (Haw. App. 1982). “HRS § 329-20(b). “Quaalude” is a trade name for methaqualone.”
— Haw. Rev. Stat. § 329-20(b)(1) — 2 cases
State v. Skapinok., 510 P.3d 599 (Haw. 2022). “In turn, Chapter 329, the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, classifies numerous legal prescription medications as controlled substances in schedules I through IV, including, for example: Marijuana (HRS § 329-14(d)(20) (2010)), Xanax (HRS § 329-20(b)(1) (2010)) (identified by…”
State v. Perry, 531 P.3d 1083 (Haw. App. 2023). “" The District Court took judicial notice that Alprazolam is a Schedule IV controlled substance under HRS § 329-20(b)(1). With respect to whether Perry was under the influence of Alprazolam, the District Court considered the citing officer's testimony that Perry admitted "taking…”
— Haw. Rev. Stat. § 329-20(b)(54) — 1 case
State v. Skapinok., 510 P.3d 599 (Haw. 2022). “In turn, Chapter 329, the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, classifies numerous legal prescription medications as controlled substances in schedules I through IV, including, for example: Marijuana (HRS § 329-14(d)(20) (2010)), Xanax (HRS § 329-20(b)(1) (2010)) (identified by…”
— Haw. Rev. Stat. § 329-20(b)(7) — 1 case
State v. Kido, 654 P.2d 1351 (Haw. App. 1982). “HRS § 329-20(b). “Quaalude” is a trade name for methaqualone.”
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