Bill Text: NC S7 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Add Controlled Substances

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-03-25 - Ch. SL 2011-12 [S7 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2011-S7-Introduced.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

S                                                                                                                                                    D

SENATE DRS35006-LH-16A*  (11/09)

 

 

 

Short Title:        Ban Mephedrone.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senator Brown.
Referred to:

 

 

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to add Mephedrone to the list of controlled substances which makes the unlawful possession, manufacture, sale, or delivery of mephedrone a criminal offense.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 90‑89(5) reads as rewritten:

"§ 90‑89. Schedule I controlled substances.

This schedule includes the controlled substances listed or to be listed by whatever official name, common or usual name, chemical name, or trade name designated. In determining that a substance comes within this schedule, the Commission shall find: a high potential for abuse, no currently accepted medical use in the United States, or a lack of accepted safety for use in treatment under medical supervision. The following controlled substances are included in this schedule:

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(5)        Stimulants. – Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains any quantity of the following substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers:

a.         Aminorex. Some trade or other names: aminoxaphen; 2‑amino‑5‑phenyl‑2‑oxazoline; or 4,5‑dihydro‑5‑phenly‑2‑oxazolamine.

b.         Cathinone. Some trade or other names: 2‑amino‑1‑phenyl‑1‑propanone, alpha‑aminopropiophenone, 2‑aminopropiophenone, and norephedrone.

c.         Fenethylline.

d.         Methcathinone. Some trade or other names: 2‑(methylamino)propiophenone, alpha‑(methylamino)propiophenone, 2‑(methylamino)‑1‑phenylpropan‑1‑one, alpha‑N‑methylaminopropiophenone, monomethylproprion, ephedrone, N‑methylcathinone, methylcathinone, AL‑464, AL‑422, AL‑463, and UR1432.

e.         (+/‑)cis‑4‑methylaminorex [(+/‑)cis‑4,5‑dihydro‑4‑methyl‑5‑phenyl‑2‑oxazolamine]  (also known as 2‑amino‑4‑methyl‑5‑phenyl‑2‑oxazoline).

f.          N,N‑dimethylamphetamine. Some other names: N,N,alpha‑trimethylbenzeneetha neamine; N,N,alpha‑trimethylphenethyla mine.

g.         N‑ethylamphetamine.

h.         4‑methylmethcathinone (also known as mephedrone)."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2011, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.