GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2007

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SENATE BILL 1104

Short Title:     Pseudoephedrine/Schedule V Drug.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senator Boseman.
Referred to:	Judiciary I (Civil).

March 22, 2007

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to add pseudoephedrine to the list of Schedule V controlled substances.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  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:

a.         Not more than 200 milligrams of codeine or any of its salts per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams.

b.         Not more than 100 milligrams of dihydrocodeine or any of its salts per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams.

c.         Not more than 100 milligrams of ethylmorphine or any of its salts per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams.

d.         Not more than 2.5 milligrams of diphenoxylate and not less than 25 micrograms of atropine sulfate per dosage unit.

e.         Not more than 100 milligrams of opium per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams.

f.          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(2)       Repealed by Session Laws 1985, c. 172, s. 9.

(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a.         Repealed by Session Laws 1993, c. 319, s. 7.

b.         Pyrovalerone.

(4) Pseudoephedrine."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2007.