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Policies and Outcomes
1. Amendments to the Controlled Drugs Categories
Current categorization of controlled drugs reference the scheduling system of the United Nations
as well as the management items used in developed countries. Controlled drugs are categorized
into four schedules according to their habitual use, dependence, abuse, and danger to the society.
Once the categorizations have been reviewed and approved by the
Ministry of Health and Welfare
Controlled Drugs Review Committee
, they will then be submitted to the Executive Yuan to be publicly
announced accordingly. Two board meetings were held to add 6 items to the list of controlled drugs
(See Table 4-1) and annual statistic on quantities of all the schedules of controlled drugs in 2014. (See
Table 4-2)
Regulation date
Regulation schedule
English name
24 April
Schedule 2
(narcotic drugs)
Oripavine
6 October
Schedule 2
Benzylpiperazine; BZP
24 April
Schedule 3
(narcotic drugs)
Noroxymorphone
24 April
Schedule 3
Fluoromethcathinone; 1-Fluorophenyl-2-methylaminopropan-1-one;
FMC
6 October
Schedule 3
（
1-
（
5-fluoropentyl
）
-1H-indol-3-yl
）
（
2,2,3,3-tetramethylcyclopropyl
）
methanone; XLR-11
6 October
Schedule 3
2-
（
4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl
）
-N-[
（
2-methoxyphenyl
）
methyl] ethanamine; 25B-NBOMe
Schedule of
Controlled Drugs
Schedule 1 Schedule 2 Schedule 3 Schedule 4
Schedule 4
Active Pharmaceutical
Ingredients; API
Total
Number of items
9
176
37
72
7
301
Table 4-1
A list of controlled drugs added in 2014 corresponding regulation schedule
Table 4-2
Annual statistic on quantities of all the schedules of controlled drugs in 2014