Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 218A.050 (2026)

Repealed, 2017

✓ current as of May 2026
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Catchline at repeal: Schedule I controlled substances. History: Repealed 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 61, sec. 7, effective June 29, 2017; and amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 168, sec. 3, effective June 29, 2017. -- Amended 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 135, sec. 3, effective April 27, 2016. -- Amended 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 66, sec. 10, effective March 25, 2015. -- Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 26, sec. 2, effective March 19, 2013. -- Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 108, sec. 5, effective April 11, 2012. -- Amended 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 45, sec. 4, effective March 16, 2011. -- Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 149, sec. 5, effective April 13, 2010; and ch. 160, sec. 5, effective April 26, 2010. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 530, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 401, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 473, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 412, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1994. – Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 441, sec. 2, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 161, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 107(3). -- Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 226, sec. 6. Legislative Research Commission (6/29/2017). Under KRS 446.260, the repeal of this statute in 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 61 prevails over its amendment in 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 168.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases, 1977–2017 · leading case: Jones v. Commonwealth, 331 S.W.3d 249 (Ky. 2011).
Jones v. Commonwealth, 331 S.W.3d 249 (Ky. 2011). · cites it 4× “KRS 218A.050 and KRS 218A.070 list which drugs are considered to be Schedule I or Schedule II controlled substances.”
Commonwealth v. Harrelson, 14 S.W.3d 541 (Ky. 2000). · cites it 4× “The legislature has properly classified THC as a Schedule I controlled substance, KRS 218A.050(3), and has defined marijuana broadly enough to include hemp within that definition.”
Cohron v. Commonwealth, 306 S.W.3d 489 (Ky. 2010). · cites it 2× “The court then acknowledged, "[h]eroin is listed in KRS 218A.050(2) as a Schedule I controlled substance and is defined as a `narcotic drug' in KRS 218A.”
Commonwealth v. Herman, 161 A.3d 194 (Pa. 2017). “§ 812 ; Ky. Rev. Stat. § 218A.050. . There is a fourteenth, -“catchall,” classification defined as “[a]ny other synthetic chemical compound that is a.”
Pearce v. Courier-Journal & Louisville Times Co., 683 S.W.2d 633 (Ky. Ct. App. 1985). “See KRS 218A.050 et seq. The inaccuracy in these articles could not have appreciably affected their defamatory result; thus the court did not err in dismissing the libel claim based upon them, see Plummer v.”
Luna v. Commonwealth, 571 S.W.2d 88 (Ky. Ct. App. 1977). · cites it 2× “The defendant, Luna, was indicted for a violation of KRS 218A.050 for trafficking in a controlled substance, a non-narcotic— hashish.”
Cooper v. Commonwealth, 648 S.W.2d 530 (Ky. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 2× “Marijuana is, however, listed as a Schedule I controlled substance in KRS 218A.050(3) although its possession by one for his own use is only a misdemeanor.”
Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Herman, J., 161 A.3d 194 (Pa. 2017). “§ 812 ; Ky. Rev. Stat. § 218A.050. . There is a fourteenth, "catchall,” classification defined as "[a]ny other synthetic chemical compound that is a cannabinoid receptor type 1 [i.”
Commonwealth v. McGinnis, 641 S.W.2d 45 (Ky. Ct. App. 1982). “) In KRS 218A.050(3), among the many others, there is a separate listing of “Marihuana,” “Tetrahydrocannabinols,” and “Hashish” as being Schedule I controlled substances.”
Lonnie Conyers v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. 2017). “KRS 218A.050(3). 37 ·for PFO putposes notwithstanding the subsequent amendment of KRS 214A.”
Joseph Hardy v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. 2017). “KRS 218A.050(3). 37 ·for PFO putposes notwithstanding the subsequent amendment of KRS 214A.”
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Mandy Hughes (Ky. 2017). “The Court of Appeals relied on this statute in finding heroin to be a Schedule I Controlled substance.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 218A.050(2) — 1 case
Cohron v. Commonwealth, 306 S.W.3d 489 (Ky. 2010). “The court then acknowledged, "[h]eroin is listed in KRS 218A.050(2) as a Schedule I controlled substance and is defined as a `narcotic drug' in KRS 218A.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 218A.050(3) — 6 cases
Commonwealth v. Harrelson, 14 S.W.3d 541 (Ky. 2000). “The legislature has properly classified THC as a Schedule I controlled substance, KRS 218A.050(3), and has defined marijuana broadly enough to include hemp within that definition.”
Cooper v. Commonwealth, 648 S.W.2d 530 (Ky. Ct. App. 1982). “Marijuana is, however, listed as a Schedule I controlled substance in KRS 218A.050(3) although its possession by one for his own use is only a misdemeanor.”
Luna v. Commonwealth, 571 S.W.2d 88 (Ky. Ct. App. 1977). “The defendant, Luna, was indicted for a violation of KRS 218A.050 for trafficking in a controlled substance, a non-narcotic— hashish.”
Commonwealth v. McGinnis, 641 S.W.2d 45 (Ky. Ct. App. 1982). “) In KRS 218A.050(3), among the many others, there is a separate listing of “Marihuana,” “Tetrahydrocannabinols,” and “Hashish” as being Schedule I controlled substances.”
Lonnie Conyers v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. 2017). “KRS 218A.050(3). 37 ·for PFO putposes notwithstanding the subsequent amendment of KRS 214A.”
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