{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-90","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-90","heading":"Schedule II controlled substances.","body":"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; currently accepted medical use in the United States, or currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions; and the abuse of the substance may lead to severe psychic or physical dependence. The following controlled substances are included in this schedule:\n(1)\tAny of the following substances whether produced directly or indirectly by extraction from substances of vegetable origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis, unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule:\na.\tOpium, opiate, or opioid and any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of opium and opiate, excluding apomorphine, nalbuphine, dextrorphan, naloxone, naltrexone and nalmefene, and their respective salts, but including the following:\n1.\tRaw opium.\n2.\tOpium extracts.\n3.\tOpium fluid extracts.\n4.\tPowdered opium.\n5.\tGranulated opium.\n6.\tTincture of opium.\n7.\tCodeine.\n8.\tEthylmorphine.\n9.\tEtorphine hydrochloride.\n10.\tAny material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of hydrocodone.\n11.\tHydromorphone.\n12.\tMetopon.\n13.\tMorphine.\n14.\tOxycodone.\n15.\tOxymorphone.\n16.\tThebaine.\n17.\tDihydroetorphine.\nb.\tAny salt, compound, derivative, or preparation thereof which is chemically equivalent or identical with any of the substances referred to in paragraph 1 of this subdivision, except that these substances shall not include the isoquinoline alkaloids of opium.\nc.\tOpium poppy and poppy straw.\nd.\tCocaine and any salt, isomer (whether optical or geometric), salts of isomers, compound, derivative, or preparation thereof, or coca leaves and any salt, isomer, salts of isomers, compound, derivative, or preparation of coca leaves, or any salt, isomer, salts of isomers, compound, derivative, or preparation thereof which is chemically equivalent or identical with any of these substances, except that the substances shall not include decocanized coca leaves or extraction of coca leaves, which extractions do not contain cocaine or ecgonine.\ne.\tConcentrate of poppy straw (the crude extract of poppy straw in either liquid, solid or powder form which contains the phenanthrine alkaloids of the opium poppy).\n(2)\tAny of the following opiates or opioids, including their isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, whenever the existence of such isomers, esters, ethers, and salts is possible within the specific chemical designation unless specifically exempted or listed in other schedules:\na.\tAlfentanil.\nb.\tAlphaprodine.\nc.\tAnileridine.\nd.\tBezitramide.\ne.\tCarfentanil.\nf.\tDihydrocodeine.\ng.\tDiphenoxylate.\nh.\tFentanyl.\nh1.\tFentanyl immediate precursor chemical, 4-anilino-N-phenethyl-4-piperidine (ANPP).\nh2.\tNorfentanyl (N-phenyl-N-(piperidin-4-yl) propionamide).\ni.\tIsomethadone.\nj.\tLevo-alphacetylmethadol. Some trade or other names: levo-alpha-acetylmethadol, levomethadyl acetate, or LAAM.\nk.\tLevomethorphan.\nl.\tLevorphanol.\nm.\tMetazocine.\nn.\tMethadone.\no.\tMethadone - Intermediate, 4-cyano-2-dimethylamino-4, 4-diphenyl butane.\np.\tMoramide - Intermediate, 2-methyl-3-morpholino-1, 1-diphenyl-propane-carboxylic acid.\nq.\tPethidine.\nr.\tPethidine - Intermediate - A, 4-cyano-1-methyl-4/y-phenylpiperidine.\ns.\tPethidine - Intermediate - B, ethyl-4-phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylate.\nt.\tPethidine - Intermediate - C, 1-methyl-4-phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylic acid.\nu.\tPhenazocine.\nv.\tPiminodine.\nw.\tRacemethorphan.\nx.\tRacemorphan.\ny.\tRemifentanil.\nz.\tSufentanil.\naa.\tTapentadol.\nbb.\tTianeptine.\n(3)\tAny material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a potential for abuse associated with a stimulant effect on the central nervous system unless specifically exempted or listed in another schedule:\na.\tAmphetamine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of its optical isomers.\nb.\tPhenmetrazine and its salts.\nc.\tMethamphetamine, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers.\nd.\tMethylphenidate, including its salts, isomers, and salts of its isomers.\ne.\tPhenylacetone. Some trade or other names: Phenyl-2-propanone; P2P; benzyl methyl ketone; methyl benzyl ketone.\nf.\tLisdexamfetamine, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers.\n(4)\tAny material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a depressant effect on the central nervous system, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation, unless specifically exempted by the Commission or listed in another schedule:\na.\tAmobarbital\nb.\tGlutethimide\nc.\tRepealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 695, s. 2.\nd.\tPentobarbital\ne.\tPhencyclidine\nf.\tPhencyclidine immediate precursors:\n1.\t1-Phenylcyclohexylamine\n2.\t1-Piperidinocyclohexanecarbonitrile (PCC)\ng.\tSecobarbital.\n(5)\tAny 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:\na.\tRepealed by Session Laws 2001-233, s. 2(a), effective June 21, 2001.\nb.\tNabilone [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]. (1971, c. 919, s. 1; 1973, c. 476, s. 128; c. 540, s. 6; c. 1358, ss. 6, 15; 1975, c. 443, s. 2; 1977, c. 667, s. 3; c. 891, s. 2; 1979, c. 434, s. 2; 1981, c. 51, s. 9; 1983, c. 695, s. 2; 1985, c. 172, ss. 4, 5; 1987, c. 105, s. 3; c. 412, ss. 5A-7; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1040, s. 2; 1993, c. 319, ss. 3, 4; 1995, c. 186, s. 4; 1997-385, s. 1; 1997-456, s. 27; 1999-165, s. 2; 2001-233, ss. 1, 2(a); 2011-326, s. 14(c), (d); 2015-162, s. 2; 2017-115, s. 4; 2018-44, s. 4; 2021-155, ss. 3, 4; 2024-43, s. 6(a).)","path":["Chapter 90. Medicine and Allied Occupations.","Article 5. 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