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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 218A.060 (2026)

Criteria for classification under Schedule II

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The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall place a substance in Schedule II if it finds that: (1) The substance has high potential for abuse; (2) The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, or currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions; and (3) The abuse of the substance may lead to severe psychic or physical dependence. Effective: June 20, 2005 History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 531, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 474, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 107(3). -- Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 226, sec. 7.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1993–2017 · leading case: Lofthouse v. Commonwealth, 13 S.W.3d 236 (Ky. 2000).
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Lofthouse v. Commonwealth, 13 S.W.3d 236 (Ky. 2000). · cites it 4× “040 and KRS 218A.060 provide that schedule I and schedule II controlled substances, e.”
Commonwealth v. Grubb, 862 S.W.2d 883 (Ky. 1993). · cites it 2× “KRS 218A.060 and 218A.070 places the substances Percodan and Dilaudid in Schedule II as being of high potential for abuse.”
Commonwealth v. Hamilton, 411 S.W.3d 741 (Ky. 2013). “The Court acknowledged the defendant's argument that the Cabinet had failed to state the statutorily required findings in the regulation.”
Parrish v. Commonwealth, 464 S.W.3d 505 (Ky. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “” KRS § 218A.060 (emphasis added). Given the manner in which our General Assembly has chosen to treat cocaine, it is beyond any reasonable dispute that cocaine is a substance which can, at the very least, affect one’s “senses, responses, [or] motor function.”
Benji Manns v. Gary Beckstrom, 695 F. App'x 883 (6th Cir. 2017). · cites it 2× “KRS 218A.060 and 218A.070 place[] the substances Percodan and Dilaudid in Schedule II .”
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