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Wash. Rev. Code § 69.50.210 (2026)

Schedule IV

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Unless specifically excepted by state or federal law or regulation or more specifically included in another schedule, the following controlled substances are listed in Schedule IV:
(a) [(1)] Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any of the following narcotic drugs, or their salts calculated as the free anhydrous base or alkaloid, in limited quantities as set forth below:
(1) [(a)] Not more than 1 milligram of difenoxin and not less than 25 micrograms of atropine sulfate per dosage unit.
(2) [(b)] Dextropropoxyphene (alpha-(+)-4-dimethylamino-1,2-diphenyl-3-methyl-2-propionoxybutane).
(b) [(2)] Depressants. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any quantity of the following substances having a depressant effect on the central nervous system, including their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers whenever the existence of those salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:
(1) [(a)] Alprazolam;
(2) [(b)] Barbital;
(3) [(c)] Bromazepam;
(4) [(d)] Camazepam;
(5) [(e)] Carisoprodol;
(6) [(f)] Chloral betaine;
(7) [(g)] Chloral hydrate;
(8) [(h)] Chlordiazepoxide;
(9) [(i)] Clobazam;
(10) [(j)] Clonazepam;
(11) [(k)] Clorazepate;
(12) [(l)] Clotiazepam;
(13) [(m)] Cloxazolam;
(14) [(n)] Delorazepam;
(15) [(o)] Diazepam;
(16) [(p)] Dichloralphenazone;
(17) [(q)] Estazolam;
(18) [(r)] Ethchlorvynol;
(19) [(s)] Ethinamate;
(20) [(t)] Ethyl loflazepate;
(21) [(u)] Fludiazepam;
(22) [(v)] Flunitrazepam;
(23) [(w)] Flurazepam;
(24) [(x)] Halazepam;
(25) [(y)] Haloxazolam;
(26) [(z)] Ketazolam;
(27) [(aa)] Loprazolam;
(28) [(bb)] Lorazepam;
(29) [(cc)] Lormetazepam;
(30) [(dd)] Mebutamate;
(31) [(ee)] Medazepam;
(32) [(ff)] Meprobamate;
(33) [(gg)] Methohexital;
(34) [(hh)] Methylphenobarbital (mephobarbital);
(35) [(ii)] Midazolam;
(36) [(jj)] Nimetazepam;
(37) [(kk)] Nitrazepam;
(38) [(ll)] Nordiazepam;
(39) [(mm)] Oxazepam;
(40) [(nn)] Oxazolam;
(41) [(oo)] Paraldehyde;
(42) [(pp)] Petrichloral;
(43) [(qq)] Phenobarbital;
(44) [(rr)] Pinazepam;
(45) [(ss)] Prazepam;
(46) [(tt)] Quazepam;
(47) [(uu)] Temazepam;
(48) [(vv)] Tetrazepam;
(49) [(ww)] Triazolam;
(50) [(xx)] Zaleplon;
(51) [(yy)] Zolpidem; and
(52) [(zz)] Zopiclone.
(c) [(3)] Fenfluramine. Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any quantity of the following substance, including its salts, isomers, and salts of such isomers, whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible: Fenfluramine.
(d) [(4)] Stimulants. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any quantity of the following substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system, including their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers:
(1) [(a)] Cathine((+)norpseudoephedrine);
(2) [(b)] Diethylpropion;
(3) [(c)] Fencamfamin;
(4) [(d)] Fenproporex;
(5) [(e)] Mazindol;
(6) [(f)] Mefenorex;
(7) [(g)] Modafinil;
(8) [(h)] Pemoline (including organometallic complexes and chelates thereof);
(9) [(i)] Phentermine;
(10) [(j)] Pipradrol;
(11) [(k)] Sibutramine;
(12) [(l)] SPA ((-)-1-dimethylamino-1, 2-dephenylethane).
(e) [(5)] Other substances. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any quantity of the following substance, including its salts:
(1) [(a)] Pentazocine;
(2) [(b)] Butorphanol, including its optical isomers.
The commission may except by rule any compound, mixture, or preparation containing any depressant substance listed in subsection (b) [(2)] of this section from the application of all or any part of this chapter if the compound, mixture, or preparation contains one or more active medicinal ingredients not having a depressant effect on the central nervous system, and if the admixtures are in combinations, quantity, proportion, or concentration that vitiate the potential for abuse of the substances having a depressant effect on the central nervous system.
The controlled substances listed in this section may be added, rescheduled, or deleted as provided for in RCW 69.50.201.
[ 2013 c 19 s 93; 2010 c 177 s 5; 1993 c 187 s 10; 1986 c 124 s 6; 1981 c 147 s 2; 1980 c 138 s 4; 1971 ex.s. c 308 s 69.50.210.]

Notes:

Commission may change schedules of controlled substances: RCW 69.50.201.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 1983–2019 · leading case: State v. Zillyette, 307 P.3d 712 (Wash. 2013).
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State v. Zillyette, 307 P.3d 712 (Wash. 2013). · cites it 2× “…Johnson, Stephens, Wiggins, González, and Gordon McCloud, JJ., concur. RCW 69.50.204. RCW 69.50.206. RCW 69.50.208. RCW 69.50.210. RCW 69.50.212.”
State v. Halsten, 33 P.3d 751 (Wash. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “206(b)(4) (coca leaves and any salt, compound, derivative, preparation); RCW 69.50.210(b) (depressants, including salts, isomers, and salts of isomers).”
State v. Rapozo, 58 P.3d 290 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 3× “But at trial, the deputy prosecutor, in his opening statement, said that he would prove that Rapozo unlawfully possessed Lorazepam, in violation of RCW 69.50.210, which criminalizes the *323 possession of Schedule IV controlled substances, a felony.”
State v. Morris, 123 Wash. App. 467 (Wash. Ct. App. 2004). “206(b)(4) (“[c]oca 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”); RCW 69.50.210(b) (depressants, including their salts, isomers, and salts of…”
State v. Morris, 98 P.3d 513 (Wash. Ct. App. 2004). “206(b)(4) ("[c]oca 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"); RCW 69.50.210(b) (depressants, including their salts, isomers, and salts of…”
State v. Halsten, 108 Wash. App. 759 (Wash. Ct. App. 2001). “206(b)(4) (coca leaves and any salt, compound, derivative, preparation); RCW 69.50.210(b) (depressants, including salts, isomers, and salts of isomers).”
State v. Brown, 658 P.2d 44 (Wash. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 6× “First, Brown makes no pretense that he did not know Valium is a controlled substance.”
State v. Vike, 834 P.2d 48 (Wash. Ct. App. 1992). “204 (heroin is a Schedule I drug) and RCW 69.50.210 (clonazepam is a Schedule IV) drug respectively.”
State v. Zillyette (Wash. 2013). · cites it 2× “4 RCW 69.50.210. 5 RCW 69.50.212. 6 State v.”
State Of Washington v. Robert Jesse Hill (Wash. Ct. App. 2019). “The State charged Hill with three counts of third degree assault, one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, one count of obstructing a law enforcement officer, and one count of driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol. Before trial began, Hill pleaded…”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 69.50.210(b) — 4 cases
State v. Morris, 123 Wash. App. 467 (Wash. Ct. App. 2004). “206(b)(4) (“[c]oca 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”); RCW 69.50.210(b) (depressants, including their salts, isomers, and salts of…”
State v. Morris, 98 P.3d 513 (Wash. Ct. App. 2004). “206(b)(4) ("[c]oca 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"); RCW 69.50.210(b) (depressants, including their salts, isomers, and salts of…”
State v. Halsten, 108 Wash. App. 759 (Wash. Ct. App. 2001). “206(b)(4) (coca leaves and any salt, compound, derivative, preparation); RCW 69.50.210(b) (depressants, including salts, isomers, and salts of isomers).”
State v. Halsten, 33 P.3d 751 (Wash. Ct. App. 2001). “206(b)(4) (coca leaves and any salt, compound, derivative, preparation); RCW 69.50.210(b) (depressants, including salts, isomers, and salts of isomers).”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 69.50.210(b)(1) — 3 cases
State v. Zillyette, 307 P.3d 712 (Wash. 2013). “…Johnson, Stephens, Wiggins, González, and Gordon McCloud, JJ., concur. RCW 69.50.204. RCW 69.50.206. RCW 69.50.208. RCW 69.50.210. RCW 69.50.212.”
State Of Washington v. Robert Jesse Hill (Wash. Ct. App. 2019). “The State charged Hill with three counts of third degree assault, one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, one count of obstructing a law enforcement officer, and one count of driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol. Before trial began, Hill pleaded…”
State v. Zillyette (Wash. 2013). “4 RCW 69.50.210. 5 RCW 69.50.212. 6 State v.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 69.50.210(c)(7) — 1 case
State v. Brown, 658 P.2d 44 (Wash. Ct. App. 1983). “First, Brown makes no pretense that he did not know Valium is a controlled substance.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 69.50.210(d)(1) — 1 case
State v. Halsten, 33 P.3d 751 (Wash. Ct. App. 2001). “206(b)(4) (coca leaves and any salt, compound, derivative, preparation); RCW 69.50.210(b) (depressants, including salts, isomers, and salts of isomers).”
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