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720 ILCS 570/203 (2026)

The Department, taking into consideration the recommendations of its Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Committee, may issue a rule scheduling a substance in Schedule I if it finds that:        (1) the substance has high potential for misuse; and        (2) the substance has no currently accepted medical     use in treatment in the United States or lacks accepted safety for use in treatment under medical supervision

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(720 ILCS 570/203) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1203)
    Sec. 203. The Department, taking into consideration the recommendations of its Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Committee, may issue a rule scheduling a substance in Schedule I if it finds that:
        (1) the substance has high potential for misuse; and
        (2) the substance has no currently accepted medical
    
use in treatment in the United States or lacks accepted safety for use in treatment under medical supervision.
(Source: P.A. 103-881, eff. 1-1-25.)

    
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Cited in 1 case, 2009–2009 · leading case: People v. Rodriguez, 926 N.E.2d 390 (Ill. App. Ct. 2009).
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People v. Rodriguez, 926 N.E.2d 390 (Ill. App. Ct. 2009). · cites it 2× “It is not listed in Schedule I for which there is no currently accepted medical use (720 ILCS 570/203 (West 2004)). Accordingly, a practitioner can, under limited circumstances, prescribe substances that contain cocaine in Illinois, and it therefore follows that a person can…”
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