# opium (21 CFR 1308.13(e)(1)(v)) — Federal controlled substance schedule (I-V) by drug, with DEA code number

For opium (21 CFR 1308.13(e)(1)(v)), substance is opium; schedule is Schedule III; listed under is Narcotic drugs; dea code number is 9809; only when is Not more than 500 milligrams of opium per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams or not more than 25 milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts, recorded from its source on 2026-09-01.

- **Substance:** opium _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Schedule:** Schedule III _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Listed under:** Narcotic drugs _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **DEA code number:** 9809 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Only when:** Not more than 500 milligrams of opium per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams or not more than 25 milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR citation:** 21 CFR 1308.13(e)(1)(v) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (v) Not more than 500 milligrams of opium per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams or not more than 25 milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts | 9809 |

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Schedule

> § 1308.13 Schedule III.

### Listed under

> (e) Narcotic drugs.

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-II/part-1308

Last verified: 2026-09-01. Review by: 2026-12-30.
Part of [Federal controlled substance schedule (I-V) by drug, with DEA code number](https://referencesource.org/dea-controlled-substance-schedule-by-drug/).