50-32-201. General criteria to be considered. - Montana Statutes

     50-32-201. General criteria to be considered. In making a determination regarding a drug, the board shall consider the following:
     (1) the actual or relative potential for abuse;
     (2) the scientific evidence of its pharmacological effect, if known;
     (3) the state of current scientific knowledge regarding the drug;
     (4) the history and current pattern of abuse;
     (5) the scope, duration, and significance of abuse;
     (6) the risk to the public health;
     (7) the potential of the drug to produce psychic or physiological dependence liability; and
     (8) whether the drug is an immediate precursor of a drug already controlled under this chapter.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 412, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 350, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 54-302(part).