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.