GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	2 

SENATE BILL 524
Judiciary I Committee Substitute Adopted 4/11/89

Short Title:  Drug Schedule Additions.	(Public)
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March 20, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES SCHEDULES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 90-89(b) reads as rewritten:
	"(b) Any of the following opium derivatives, including their salts,isomers, and salts of isomers, unless specifically excepted, or listed in another schedule, whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:
1.	Acetorphine.
1a.	Acetyl-alpha-methylfentanyl
	(N[1-(1-methyl-2-phenethyl)-4-piperidinyl]-N-phenylacetamide).
2.	Acetyldihydrocodeine.
2a.	Alpha-methylthiofentanyl
	(N-[1-methyl-2-(2-thienyl)ethyl-4-piperidinyl]-N-phenylpropanamide).
2b.	Beta-hydroxfentanyl
	(N-[1-(2-hydroxy-2-phenethyl)-4-piperidinyl]-N-phenylpropanamide).
2c.	Beta-hydroxy-3-methylfentanyl
	(N-[1-(2-hydroxy-2-phenethyl)-3-methyl-4-piperidinyl]-N-phenylpropanamide).
3.	Benzylmorphine.
4.	Codeine methylbromide.
5.	Codeine-N-Oxide.
6.	Cyprenorphine.
7.	Desomorphine.
8.	Dihydromorphine.
9.	Etorphine (except hydrochloride salt).
10.	Heroin.
11.	Hydromorphinol.
12.	Methyldesorphine.
13.	Methyldihydromorphine.
13a.	3-Methylthiofentanyl
	(N-[(3-methyl-1-(2-thienyl)ethyl-4-piperidinyl]-N-phenylpropanamide).
14.	Morphine methylbromide.
15.	Morphine methylsulfonate.
16.	Morphine-N-Oxide.
17.	Myrophine.
18.	Nicocodeine.
19.	Nicomorphine.
20.	Normorphine.
20a.	Para-fluorofentanyl
	(N-(4-fluorophenyl)-N-[1-(2-phenethyl)-4-piperidinyl]-propanamide.
21.	Pholcodine.
22.	Thebacon.
22a.	Thiofentanyl
	(N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-thienyl)ethyl-4-piperidinyl]-propanamide.
23.	Drotebanol."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 90-90(e) reads as rewritten:
	"(e) Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, including their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers, unless specifically excepted, or listed in another schedule, whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:
1.	Dronabinol (synthetic) in sesame oil and encapsulated in a soft gelatin capsule in a U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved drug product.  [Some other names: (6aR-trans)-6a,7,8,10a-tetrahydro-6,6,9-trimethyl-3-pentyl-6H-dibenzo[b,d]pyran-1-o1, or (-)-delta-9-(trans)-tetrahydrocannabinol]. 
2.	Nabilone [Another name for nabilone:  (+) - trans 3-(1,1-dimethylheptyl)-6,6a,7,8,10,10a-hexahydro-1-hydroxy-6, 6-dimethyl-9H-dibenzo[b,d]pyran-9-one]."
Sec. 3.  G.S. 90-93(a) reads as rewritten:
	"(a) 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 low potential for abuse relative to the substances listed in Schedule IV of this Article; currently accepted medical use in the United States; and limited physical or psychological dependence relative to the substances listed in Schedule IV of this Article. The following controlled substances are included in this schedule:
1.	Any compound, mixture or preparation containing any of the following limited quantities of narcotic drugs or salts thereof, which shall include one or more nonnarcotic active medicinal ingredients in sufficient proportion to confer upon the compound, mixture, or preparation valuable medicinal qualities other than those possessed by the narcotic alone:
(i)	Not more than 200 milligrams of codeine or any of its salts per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams.
(ii)	Not more than 100 milligrams of dihydrocodeine or any of its salts per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams.
(iii)	Not more than 100 milligrams of ethylmorphine or any of its salts per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams.
(iv)	Not more than 2.5 milligrams of diphenoxylate and not less than 25 micrograms of atropine sulfate per dosage unit.
(v)	Not more than 100 milligrams of opium per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams.
(vi)	Not more than 0.5 milligram of difenoxin and not less than 25 micrograms of atropine sulfate per dosage unit.
2.	Repealed by Session Laws 1985, c. 172, s. 9, effective May 10, 1985.
3.	Stimulants. - Unless specifically exempted or excluded or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which 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.	Propylhexedrine.
b.	Pyrovalerone."
Sec. 4. G.S. 90-101(i) reads as rewritten:
"(i)	A physician licensed by the Board of Medical Examiners pursuant to Article 1 of this Chapter may dispense or administer Dronabinol or Nabilone as scheduled in G.S. 90-90(e) only as an antiemetic agent in cancer chemotherapy."
Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification.