An Act To Clarify That Buprenorphine Is a Scheduled Drug
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §1102, sub-§1, ¶I, as amended by PL 2015, c. 330, §1, is further amended to read:
I. Unless listed or described in another schedule, any compound, mixture or preparation containing narcotic drugs, including, but not limited to, the following narcotic drugs or their salts, isomers or salts of isomers: heroin (diacetylmorphine), methadone, methadone hydrochloride, levo-alpha-acetyl-methadol, or LAAM, pethidine, morphine, oxycodone, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, buprenorphine, fentanyl, acetylfentanyl and any methylfentanyl derivatives and opium;
summary
This bill provides that buprenorphine is a schedule W drug.