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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-86 (2026)

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This Article shall be known and may be cited as the "North  Carolina Controlled Substances Act." (1971, c. 919, s. 1.)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 34 cases, 1969–2016 · leading case: Wheaton v. Hagan, 435 F. Supp. 1134 (M.D.N.C. 1977).
Wheaton v. Hagan, 435 F. Supp. 1134 (M.D.N.C. 1977). · cites it 8× “Her contention is that patrons found on the Coliseum grounds in the possession of substances prohibited by the North Carolina Controlled Substances Act, N.C.G.S. § 90-86, et seq., are arrested, while patrons found in the possession of intoxicating beverages in violation of…”
State v. Jones, 598 S.E.2d 125 (N.C. 2004). · cites it 3× “Laws 1477 (codified as N.C.G.S. §§ 90-86 to -113.8). Pursuant to the Controlled Substances Act, the General Assembly categorized various drugs into one of six schedules, see ch.”
State v. McNeil, 617 S.E.2d 271 (N.C. 2005). · cites it 3× “Laws 1477 (codified as amended at N.C.G.S. §§ 90-86 to -113.8 (2003)); see also State v.”
State v. Winkler, 780 S.E.2d 824 (N.C. 2015). · cites it 3× “See N.C.G.S. § 90-86 (2013) (stating that Article 5 of Chapter 90 “shall be known and may be cited as the ‘North Carolina Controlled Substances Act’ ”).”
State v. Ellison, 738 S.E.2d 161 (N.C. 2013). · cites it 6× “§ 90-95(h)(4) of the North Carolina Controlled Substances Act, N.C.G.S. §§ 90-86 to -113.8 (2011), applies in cases involving prescription pharmaceutical tablets and pills.”
State v. Harris, 646 S.E.2d 526 (N.C. 2007). · cites it 3× “See generally North *405 Carolina Controlled Substances Act, N.C.G.S. §§ 90-86 to -113.8 (2005); Drug Abuse Prevention and Control, 21 U.”
State v. Nettles, 612 S.E.2d 172 (N.C. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 3× “§ 90-98 in pari materia with other provisions of the Controlled Substances Act, N.C.G.S. §§ 90-86 through 90-113.8 (1990), particularly those provisions governing trafficking under N.”
State v. Ballenger, 472 S.E.2d 572 (N.C. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 4× “The State of North Carolina appeals from an order of the trial court dismissing criminal charges against defendant, Franklin Ballenger, for violation of the North Carolina Controlled Substances Act, G.S. § 90-86 et seq. (1993). The facts of this case are undisputed and are as…”
State v. Morgan, 406 S.E.2d 833 (N.C. 1991). · cites it 3× “§ 90-98 *660 in pari materia with other provisions of the Controlled Substances Act, N.C.G.S. §§ 90-86 through 90-113.8 (1990), particularly those provisions governing trafficking under N.”
State v. Adams, 513 S.E.2d 588 (N.C. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 3× “*820 Pertinent facts and procedural history include the following: In the course of defendant’s 8 August 1997 arrest on charges of violations of the North Carolina Controlled Substances Act, N.C.G.S. §§ 90-86 through 90-113.8 (Supp.”
Dawkins v. State, 547 A.2d 1041 (Md. 1988). “Health §§ 3300-3396 (1987); N.C.Gen.Stat. §§ 90-86 to 90-113.8 (1987); N.”
State v. Overton, 298 S.E.2d 695 (N.C. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 2× “All four defendants who have appealed were found guilty of some degree of conspiracy and all of them, except defendant Smedley, were found guilty of one or more substantive violations of the North Carolina Controlled Substances Act, G.S. 90-86, et seq. The issues on appeal…”
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