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                                  8747--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 10, 2018
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 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on Health -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to adding  cannabimi-
   metic agents to the schedule of controlled substances

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Schedule I of section 3306 of  the  public  health  law  is
 amended by adding a new subdivision (i) to read as follows:
   (I)  (1) CANNABIMIMETIC AGENTS. UNLESS SPECIFICALLY EXEMPTED OR UNLESS
 LISTED IN ANOTHER SCHEDULE, ANY MATERIAL, COMPOUND, MIXTURE, OR PREPARA-
 TION THAT IS NOT APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL FOOD  AND  DRUG  ADMINISTRATION
 (FDA)  WHICH  CONTAINS  ANY  QUANTITY OF CANNABIMIMETIC AGENTS, OR WHICH
 CONTAINS THEIR SALTS, ISOMERS, AND SALTS OF ISOMERS WHENEVER THE  EXIST-
 ENCE OF SUCH SALTS, ISOMERS, AND SALTS OF ISOMERS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE
 SPECIFIC CHEMICAL DESIGNATION.
   (2)  AS  USED  IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "CANNABIMIMETIC AGENTS"
 MEANS ANY SUBSTANCE THAT IS A CANNABINOID RECEPTOR TYPE 1 (CB1 RECEPTOR)
 AGONIST AS DEMONSTRATED BY BINDING STUDIES AND FUNCTIONAL ASSAYS  WITHIN
 ANY OF THE FOLLOWING STRUCTURAL CLASSES:
   (I)  2-(3-HYDROXYCYCLOHEXYL)PHENOL WITH SUBSTITUTION AT THE 5-POSITION
 OF THE PHENOLIC RING BY ALKYL OR ALKENYL, WHETHER OR NOT SUBSTITUTED  ON
 THE CYCLOHEXYL RING TO ANY EXTENT.
   (II)  3-(1-NAPHTHOYL)INDOLE  OR 3-(1-NAPHTHYLMETHANE)INDOLE BY SUBSTI-
 TUTION AT THE NITROGEN ATOM OF THE INDOLE RING, WHETHER OR  NOT  FURTHER
 SUBSTITUTED ON THE INDOLE RING TO ANY EXTENT, WHETHER OR NOT SUBSTITUTED
 ON THE NAPHTHOYL OR NAPHTHYL RING TO ANY EXTENT.
   (III)  3-(1-NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLE  BY SUBSTITUTION AT THE NITROGEN ATOM OF
 THE PYRROLE RING, WHETHER OR NOT FURTHER SUBSTITUTED IN THE PYRROLE RING
 TO ANY EXTENT, WHETHER OR NOT SUBSTITUTED ON THE NAPHTHOYL RING  TO  ANY
 EXTENT.
   (IV)  1-(1-NAPHTHYLMETHYLENE)INDENE  BY SUBSTITUTION OF THE 3-POSITION
 OF THE INDENE RING, WHETHER OR NOT FURTHER  SUBSTITUTED  IN  THE  INDENE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 RING  TO  ANY EXTENT, WHETHER OR NOT SUBSTITUTED ON THE NAPHTHYL RING TO
 ANY EXTENT.
   (V)  3-PHENYLACETYLINDOLE  OR  3-BENZOYLINDOLE  BY SUBSTITUTION AT THE
 NITROGEN ATOM OF THE INDOLE RING, WHETHER OR NOT FURTHER SUBSTITUTED  IN
 THE  INDOLE RING TO ANY EXTENT, WHETHER OR NOT SUBSTITUTED ON THE PHENYL
 RING TO ANY EXTENT.
   (3) SUCH TERM INCLUDES:
   (I)      5-(1,1-DIMETHYLHEPTYL)-2-{(1R,3S)-3-HYDROXYCYCLOHEXYL}-PHENOL
 (CP-47,497);
   (II)      5-(1,1-DIMETHYLOCTYL)-2-{(1R,3S)-3-HYDROXYCYCLOHEXYL}-PHENOL
 (CANNABICYCLOHEXANOL OR CP-47,497 C8-HOMOLOG);
   (III) 1-PENTYL-3-(1-NAPHTHOYL)INDOLE (JWH-018 AND AM678);
   (IV) 1-BUTYL-3-(1-NAPHTHOYL)INDOLE (JWH-073);
   (V) 1-HEXYL-3-(1-NAPHTHOYL)INDOLE (JWH-019);
   (VI) 1-{2-(4-MORPHOLINYL)ETHYL}-3-(1-NAPHTHOYL)INDOLE (JWH-200);
   (VII) 1-PENTYL-3-(2-METHOXYPHENYLACETYL)INDOLE (JWH-250);
   (VIII) 1-PENTYL-3-{1-(4-METHOXYNAPHTHOYL)}INDOLE (JWH-081);
   (IX) 1-PENTYL-3-(4-METHYL-1-NAPHTHOYL)INDOLE (JWH-122);
   (X) 1-PENTYL-3-(4-CHLORO-1-NAPHTHOYL)INDOLE (JWH-398);
   (XI) 1-(5-FLUOROPENTYL)-3-(1-NAPHTHOYL)INDOLE (AM2201);
   (XII) 1-(5-FLUOROPENTYL)-3-(2-IODOBENZOYL)INDOLE (AM694);
   (XIII) 1-PENTYL-3-{(4-METHOXY)-BENZOYL}INDOLE (SR-19 AND RCS-4);
   (XIV)  1-CYCLOHEXYLETHYL-3-(2-METHOXYPHENYLACETYL)INDOLE  (SR-18   AND
 RCS-8); AND
   (XV) 1-PENTYL-3-(2-CHLOROPHENYLACETYL)INDOLE (JWH-203).
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.