RSA 318-B:1-a Scheduling by the Commissioner.

I. The commissioner may add, delete, or reschedule all substances, by rule, pursuant to RSA 541-A, after hearing and after consulting with the pharmacy board. In making a determination regarding a substance, the commissioner shall consider the following:
(a) Actual or relative potential for abuse;
(b) Scientific evidence of its pharmacological effect, if known;
(c) State of current scientific knowledge regarding the substance;
(d) History and current pattern of abuse;
(e) Scope, duration, and significance of abuse;
(f) Risk to the public health;
(g) Potential of the substance to produce psychic or physical dependence liability; and
(h) Whether the substance is an immediate precursor of a substance already controlled under this chapter.