Michigan Compiled Laws
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.7215 (2026)
Schedule 3; placement of substance.
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PUBLIC HEALTH CODE
Act 368 of 1978
333.7215 Schedule 3; placement of substance.
Sec. 7215.
The administrator shall place a substance in schedule 3 if it finds all of the following:
(a) The substance has a potential for abuse less than the substances listed in schedules 1 and 2.
(b) The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
(c) Abuse of the substance may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence.
History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
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Cited in 5
cases, 1982–2011 · leading case: People v. Turmon, 340 N.W.2d 620 (Mich. 1983).
People v. Turmon, 340 N.W.2d 620 (Mich. 1983). “15(7215), which authorizes the Board of Pharmacy to classify controlled substances within legislatively established schedules, is an unlawful delegation of legislative power. Defendant directs a two-pronged attack on the delegation, claiming that the statute: (a) lacks…”
People v. Redden, 290 Mich. App. 65 (Mich. Ct. App. 2010). “” MCL 333.7215. Critics might argue that reclassifying marijuana under the Public Health Code would be ineffective because it would require doctors to ignore federal provisions banning them from prescribing marijuana.”
State v. McQueen, 811 N.W.2d 513 (Mich. Ct. App. 2011). “MCL 333.7215; MCL 333.7217; MCL 333.7219.”
People v. Turmon, 323 N.W.2d 698 (Mich. Ct. App. 1982). “MCL 333.7215; MSA 14.15(7215) provides: "The administrator shall place a substance in schedule 3 if it finds all of the following: "(a) The substance has a potential for abuse less than the substances listed in schedules 1 and 2.”
People v. Berry, 333 N.W.2d 234 (Mich. Ct. App. 1983). “Pursuant to the authority granted to it under MCL 333.7215; MSA 14.15(7215), the State Board of Pharmacy classified pentazocine as a schedule 3 controlled substance.”
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