(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 such substance comes within this schedule, the Commission shall find: no currently accepted medical use in the United States, or a relatively low potential for abuse in terms of risk to public health and potential to produce psychic or physiological dependence liability based upon present medical knowledge, or a need for further and continuing study to develop scientific evidence of its pharmacological effects.
(b) The following controlled substances are included in this schedule:
(1) Marijuana.
(2) Tetrahydrocannabinols, except for tetrahydrocannabinols found in a product with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than three-tenths of one percent (0.3%) on a dry weight basis.
(3) Repealed by Session Laws 2017-115, s. 8, effective December 1, 2017, and applicable to offenses committed on or after that date.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, any prescription drug approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration under Section 505 of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act that is designated, rescheduled, or deleted as a controlled substance under federal law by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration shall be excluded from Schedule VI and may be prescribed, distributed, dispensed, and used in accordance with federal law upon the issuance of a notice, final rule, or interim final rule by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration that designates, reschedules, or deletes such prescription drug as a controlled substance under federal law, unless the Commission objects to such action as provided under G.S. 90-88(d). If the Commission does not object as provided under G.S. 90-88(d), the prescription drug shall be deemed to be designated, rescheduled, or deleted as a controlled substance in accordance with federal law and in compliance with this Chapter. (1971, c. 919, s. 1; 1973, c. 476, s. 128; c. 1358, s. 15; 1977, c. 667, s. 3; 1981, c. 51, s. 9; 1997-456, s. 27; 2011-12, s. 5; 2013-109, s. 1; 2015-162, s. 3; 2015-264, s. 48(a); 2017-115, s. 8; 2022-9, s. 1; 2022-32, s. 2; 2022-73, s. 8.)
Notes of Decisions
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17 in the last 5 years), 1972–2026 · leading case:
State v. Harris, 646 S.E.2d 526 (N.C. 2007).
State v. Harris, 646 S.E.2d 526 (N.C. 2007).
· cites it 3× “See N.C.G.S. § 90-94 (2005). In order to “possess” a controlled substance, a defendant must have the “power and intent to control” the “disposition or use” of the substance.”
State v. Hart, 633 S.E.2d 102 (N.C. Ct. App. 2006).
· cites it 4× “Marijuana is a controlled substance under N.C. Gen.Stat. § 90-94 (2005). Defendant specifically argues that the trial court erred in failing to grant his motion to dismiss because "it is uncontroverted that defendant did not have actual possession of a controlled…”
State v. Dietz, 223 S.E.2d 357 (N.C. 1976).
· cites it 2× “” G.S. 90-94 lists as Schedule VI substances: marijuana and tetrahydrocannabinols.”
State v. Mallan, 950 P.2d 178 (Haw. 1998).
· cites it 2× “05 (McKinney 1989); N.C. Gen.Stat. §§ 90-94, 90-95 (1996); N.”
Matter of Marquardt, 778 P.2d 241 (Ariz. 1989).
· cites it 2× “NORTH CAROLINA N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 90-94 , 90-95(d)(4) (1985) Misdemeanor; maximum sentence 30 days; maximum fine $100; or both.”
State v. Ferguson, 694 S.E.2d 470 (N.C. Ct. App. 2010).
· cites it 2× “N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-94 (1). 2 . Given the driver’s decision to flee from the initial traffic stop and to abandon the minivan while it was still in motion and given the fact that Defendant had a marijuana cigarette in her poeketbook, the fact that the remaining passengers,…”
State v. Tyson, 658 S.E.2d 285 (N.C. Ct. App. 2008).
· cites it 2× “See N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-94 (2005). Further, under N.”
State v. Ellison, 713 S.E.2d 228 (N.C. Ct. App. 2011).
· cites it 2× “§ 90-89 through N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-94 . Any sentence imposed upon an offender convicted of violating N.”
State v. Lombardo, 295 S.E.2d 399 (N.C. 1982).
· cites it 2× “NOTES [1] Marijuana is a Schedule VI controlled substance under G.S. 90-94, possession of which is prohibited under G.”
State v. Ledbetter, 461 S.E.2d 341 (N.C. Ct. App. 1995).
· cites it 2× “” Given that the controlled purchase referred to in the affidavit was specified to be cocaine and that we may take note that cocaine is a Schedule II controlled substance under our Controlled Substances Act, N.”
State v. Harvey, 187 S.E.2d 706 (N.C. 1972).
““§90-94. Schedule VI controlled substances.”
State v. Howell, 792 S.E.2d 898 (N.C. Ct. App. 2016).
· cites it 2× “N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-94 (1) (2015). Pursuant to section 90-95, governing violations of the Act, it is unlawful for any person to possess a controlled substance.”
— N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-94(b)(1) — 1 case
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