Bill Text: NC H13 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

North Carolina House Bill 13 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Ban Mephedrone

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 19-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-31 - Ref to the Com on Health and Human Services, if favorable, Judiciary Subcommittee B, if favorable, Appropriations [H13 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2011-H13-Amended.html

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

H 1

HOUSE BILL 13*

Short Title: Ban Mephedrone.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Cleveland, L. Brown, and Ingle (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of Sponsors, see Bill Information on the NCGA Web Site.
Referred to:	Health and Human Services, if favorable, Judiciary Subcommittee B, if favorable, Appropriations.

January 31, 2011

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.