Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-408 (2026)

Controlled substances in Schedule II

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(a) Schedule II consists of the drugs and other substances, by whatever official name, common or usual name, chemical name, or brand name designated, listed in this section.

(b) Substances, vegetable origin or chemical synthesis, unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, means any of the following substances whether produced directly or indirectly by extraction from substances of vegetable origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis:
- (1) Opium and opiate, and any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of opium or opiate excluding apomorphine, dextrorphan, thebaine-derived butorphanol, nalmefene, nalbuphine, naloxone, and naltrexone, and their respective salts, but including the following:
  - (A) Codeine;
  - (B) Dihydroetorphine;
  - (C) Ethylmorphine;
  - (D) Etorphine hydrochloride;
  - (E) Granulated opium;
  - (F) Hydrocodone;
  - (G) Hydromorphone;
  - (H) Metopon;
  - (I) Morphine;
  - (J) Opium extracts;
  - (K) Opium fluid;
  - (L) Oripavine;
  - (M) Oxycodone;
  - (N) Oxymorphone;
  - (O) Powdered opium;
  - (P) Raw opium;
  - (Q) Thebaine; or
  - (R) Tincture of opium;
- (2) Any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation thereof that is chemically equivalent or identical with any of the substances referred to in subdivision (b)(1), except that these substances shall not include the isoquinoline alkaloids of opium;
- (3) Opium poppy and poppy straw;
- (4) Coca leaves and any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of coca leaves (including cocaine and ecgonine and their salts, isomers, derivatives, and salts of isomers and derivatives), and any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation thereof that is chemically equivalent or identical with any of these substances, except that the substances shall not include decocainized coca leaves or extraction of coca leaves, which extractions do not contain cocaine or ecgonine; or
- (5) Concentrate of poppy straw (the crude extract of poppy straw in either liquid, solid, or powder form that contains the phenanthrene alkaloids of the opium poppy).

(c) Opiates, unless specifically excepted or unless in another schedule, means any of the following opiates, including its isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters, and ethers whenever the existence of such isomers, esters, ethers, and salts is possible within the specific chemical designation, dextrorphan and levopropoxyphene excepted:
- (1) Alfentanil;
- (2) Alphaprodine;
- (3) Anileridine;
- (4) Bezitramide;
- (5) Carfentanil;
- (6) Dextropropoxyphene (bulk, non-dosage forms);
- (7) Dihydrocodeine;
- (8) Diphenoxylate;
- (9) Fentanyl;
- (10) lsomethadone;
- (11) Levo-alphacetylmethadol
  Other names: levo-alpha-acetylmethadol; levomethadyl acetate; LAAM;
- (12) Levomethorphan;
- (13) Levorphanol;
- (14) Metazocine;
- (15) Methadone;
- (16) Methadone-Intermediate; 4-cyano-2-dimethylamino-4,4-diphenyl butane;
- (17) Moramide-lntermediate; diphenylpropane-carboxylic acid; 2-methyl-3-morpholino-1,1-Pethidine (meperidine);
- (18) Pethidine (meperidine);
- (19) Pethidine-Intermediate-A; 4-cyano-1-methyl-4-phenylpiperidine;
- (20) Pethidine-Intermediate-B; ethyl-4-phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylate;
- (21) Pethidine-Intermediate-C; 1-methyl-4-phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylic acid;
- (22) Phenazocine;
- (23) Piminodine;
- (24) Racemethorphan;
- (25) Racemorphan;
- (26) Remifentanil;
- (27) Sufentanil;
- (28) Tapentadol; or
- (29) Thiafentanil.

(d) Stimulants, unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, means any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains any quantity of the following substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system:
- (1) Amphetamine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of its optical isomers;
- (2) Methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, and salts of its isomers;
- (3) Phenmetrazine and its salts;
- (4) Methylphenidate; or
- (5) Lisdexamfetamine, its salts, isomers, and salts of its isomers.

(e) Depressants, unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, means any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains any quantity of the following substances having a depressant effect on the central nervous system, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:
- (1) Amobarbital;
- (2) Glutethimide;
- (3) Pentobarbital;
- (4) Phencyclidine; or
- (5) Secobarbital.

(f) Hallucinogenic substances:
- (1) Nabilone
  Other names: (±)-trans-3-(1,1-dimethylheptyl)-6,6a,7,8,10,10a-hexahydro-1- hydroxy-6,6-dimethyl-9H-dibenzo[b,d]pyran-9-one; or
- (2) Dronabinol in oral solution in drug product approved for marketing by United States food and drug administration
  Other names: [(-)-delta-9-trans tetrahydrocannabinol], Syndros.

(g) Immediate precursors, unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, means any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains any quantity of the following substances:
- (1) Immediate precursor to amphetamine and methamphetamine:
  - (A) Phenylacetone
    Other names: phenyl-2-propanone; P2P; benzyl methyl ketone; methyl benzyl ketone;
- (2) Immediate precursors to phencyclidine (PCP):
  - (A) 1-phenylcyclohexylamine; or
  - (B) 1-piperidinocyclohexanecarbonitrile (PCC); or
- (3) Immediate precursor to fentanyl:
  - (A) 4-anilino-N-phenethyl-4-piperidine (ANPP).

(h) Tianeptine and any salt, sulfate, free acid, or other preparation of tianeptine, and any salt, sulfate, free acid, compound, derivative, precursor, or other preparation thereof that is substantially chemically equivalent or identical with tianeptine.

Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1135, s 1, eff. 7/1/2022.

Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1040, Secs.s 5, s 6 eff. 7/1/2018.

Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1040, s 4, eff. 7/1/2018.

Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 302, s 2, eff. 7/1/2015.

Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1; 2000, ch. 884, § 1; 2007 , ch. 298, §§ 5-7; 2012 , ch. 812, § 2.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 160 cases (25 in the last 5 years), 1993–2026 · leading case: State of Tennessee v. Charlotte Lynn Frazier & Andrea Parks, 558 S.W.3d 145 (Tenn. 2018).

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State of Tennessee v. Charlotte Lynn Frazier & Andrea Parks, 558 S.W.3d 145 (Tenn. 2018). · cites it 2× “See Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 39-17-408 (d)(2) (2018), 39-17-417(a), (j)(10) (2018).”

State v. Davis, 940 S.W.2d 558 (Tenn. 1997). · cites it 2× “Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-17-408 (1992). Vandalism is punished under the provisions for grading theft.”

State v. Marshall, 870 S.W.2d 532 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “I The indictment, in pertinent part, alleged that the defendant did possess, with intent to sell, a controlled substance, to-wit: Cocaine, as classified in Section 39-17-408 of the Tennessee Code Annotated, in violation of TCA 39-17-417 and against the peace and dignity of the…”

State v. Wilson, 31 S.W.3d 189 (Tenn. 2000). · cites it 2× “did unlawfully deliver a controlled substance, to-wit: Cocaine, as classified in Section 39-17-408, in violation of Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39 — 17— 417(c)(1), all of which is against the peace and dignity of the State of Tennessee.”

State of Tennessee v. Charles D. Sprunger, 458 S.W.3d 482 (Tenn. 2015). · cites it 2× “Section 39-17-408 contains only a list of Schedule II controlled substances and is irrelevant to any relief sought in the Complaint.”

State v. Smith, 48 S.W.3d 159 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2000). · cites it 2× “5 grams of Cocaine, within 1,000 feet of the real property that comprises a public elementary school, as classified in Section 39-17-408 of the Tennessee Code Annotated, in violation of TCA 39-17-417.”

State v. Nixon, 977 S.W.2d 119 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “ale County, Tennessee, duly empaneled and sworn, upon their oath, present that on or about the 11th day of May 1995, in Lauderdale County, Tennessee, and before the finding of this indictment, did unlawfully, feloniously, and knowingly possess with the intent to deliver a…”

State v. Ostein, 293 S.W.3d 519 (Tenn. 2009). “§ 39-17-408(a), (b)(4) (2003). Knowing possession with the intent to deliver or sell 300 or more grams of cocaine is a Class A felony.”

Abdur'Rahman v. Bredesen, 181 S.W.3d 292 (Tenn. 2005). “§ 39-17-408(e) (2003). Sodium Pentothal has a high potential for abuse, which can lead to severe dependence.”

State of Tennessee v. Phillip Pack, 421 S.W.3d 629 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “To obtain a conviction under Code section 39-13-210(a)(2), the State must first prove that the defendant distributed a Schedule I or Schedule II controlled substance, in this case methamphetamine, see T.C.A. § 39-17-408(d)(2) (designating “Methamphetamine, its salts, isomers,…”

State v. Blair, 145 S.W.3d 633 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2004). · cites it 2× ““Manufacture” means the production, preparation, propagation, compounding, conversion or processing of a controlled substance, either directly or indirectly by extraction from substances of natural origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, and includes any…”

Cornelius v. State, Dep't of Child.'s Servs., 314 S.W.3d 902 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2009). “onduct; (C) The commission of any act towards the child prohibited by §§ 39-13-502-39-13-504, 39-13-522, 39-15-302, and 39-17-1005 or the knowing failure to protect the child from the commission of any such act towards the child; or (D) Knowingly allowing a child to be present…”

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— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-408(4) — 1 case

State of Tennessee v. Floyd Antonius Taylor (Tenn. Crim. App. 2021).

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-408(a) — 4 cases

State v. Ostein, 293 S.W.3d 519 (Tenn. 2009). “§ 39-17-408(a), (b)(4) (2003). Knowing possession with the intent to deliver or sell 300 or more grams of cocaine is a Class A felony.”

State of Tennessee v. Garrick Graham (Tenn. Crim. App. 2016).

State of Tennessee v. Robert L. Cody, III (Tenn. Crim. App. 2023).

State of Tennessee v. Jawaune Massey (Tenn. Crim. App. 2014).

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-408(b) — 1 case

State of Tennessee v. Raymond B. Thomas (Tenn. Crim. App. 2018).

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-408(b)(1) — 1 case

Jared Effler v. Purdue Pharma L.P. (Tenn. 2020).

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-408(b)(1)(J) — 1 case

State of Tennessee v. Robert Pruitt (Tenn. Crim. App. 2013).

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-408(b)(1)(M) — 3 cases

State of Tennessee v. Douglas E. Linville (Tenn. Crim. App. 2021).

State of Tennessee v. Eugene Bernard Cuddy, III (Tenn. Crim. App. 2015).

State of Tennessee v. William C. Boles (Tenn. Crim. App. 2015).

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-408(b)(1)(N) — 1 case

State of Tennessee Tommy Lynn Rutherford (Tenn. Crim. App. 2020).

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-408(b)(1)(O) — 1 case

State of Tennessee v. Gerald Eugene White (Tenn. Crim. App. 2012).

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-408(b)(2) — 2 cases

State of Tennessee v. Stacy Lee Fleming (Tenn. Crim. App. 2011).

State of Tennessee v. Lionel Vashon Champion (Tenn. Crim. App. 2025).

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-408(b)(4) — 30 cases

State of Tennessee v. Arturo Jaimes-Garcia (Tenn. Crim. App. 2010).

State of Tennessee v. William Henry Smith, Jr. (Tenn. Crim. App. 2017).

State of Tennessee v. Ronald Turner (Tenn. Crim. App. 2017).

State of Tennessee v. Demarcus Lashawn Blackman (Tenn. Crim. App. 2017).

State of Tennessee v. Gregory Gilliam (Tenn. Crim. App. 2021).

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-408(c) — 1 case

Jared Effler v. Purdue Pharma L.P. (Tenn. 2020).

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-408(c)(1) — 1 case

State of Tennessee v. Mickey Verchell Shanklin (Tenn. Crim. App. 2021).

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-408(c)(9) — 1 case

State of Tennessee v. Seth Powell (Tenn. Crim. App. 2024).

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-408(d) — 1 case

In Re Douglas H. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2017).

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-408(d)(2) — 19 cases

State of Tennessee v. Phillip Pack, 421 S.W.3d 629 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2013). “To obtain a conviction under Code section 39-13-210(a)(2), the State must first prove that the defendant distributed a Schedule I or Schedule II controlled substance, in this case methamphetamine, see T.C.A. § 39-17-408(d)(2) (designating “Methamphetamine, its salts, isomers,…”

State v. Blair, 145 S.W.3d 633 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2004). ““Manufacture” means the production, preparation, propagation, compounding, conversion or processing of a controlled substance, either directly or indirectly by extraction from substances of natural origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, and includes any…”

State Dep't of Child.'s Servs. v. M.P., 173 S.W.3d 794 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2005).

State of Tennessee v. Laurie Lynn Welch & Roland John Welch (Tenn. Crim. App. 2016).

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-408(e) — 1 case

Abdur'Rahman v. Bredesen, 181 S.W.3d 292 (Tenn. 2005). “§ 39-17-408(e) (2003). Sodium Pentothal has a high potential for abuse, which can lead to severe dependence.”

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-408(f) — 1 case

State of Tennessee v. Raymond Lee Gibson (Tenn. Crim. App. 2007).

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-408(f)(1) — 1 case

State of Tennessee v. Raymond Lee Gibson (Tenn. Crim. App. 2007).

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