# Virginia · Tianeptine — State controlled-substance scheduling of xylazine and tianeptine

For Virginia · Tianeptine, state is Virginia; substance is Tianeptine; schedule or control is Schedule I; statute or rule citation is Va. Code § 54.1-3446, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State:** Virginia _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Substance:** Tianeptine _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Schedule or control:** Schedule I _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute or rule citation:** Va. Code § 54.1-3446 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> 7-[(3-chloro-6-methyl-5,5-dioxo-11H-benzo[c][2,1]benzothiazepin-11-yl)amino]heptanoic acid (other name: Tianeptine);

## Source

- https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title54.1/chapter34/section54.1-3446/

Last verified: 2026-08-19. Review by: 2027-02-15.
Part of [State controlled-substance scheduling of xylazine and tianeptine](https://referencesource.org/state-emerging-substance-scheduling/).