prescriptions Archives – North Carolina Criminal Law

Common Questions about Prescription Drugs

October 16, 2017January 10, 2011 by Jeff Welty

I thought I’d take a minute to discuss three questions that I get about prescription drugs. [Update: Several people posted comments or emailed me about the relationship between prescription drugs and controlled substances. I discussed that issue in some detail in this post, but briefly, some prescription drugs contain controlled substances and some don’t. Certainly, … Read more

Scheduling of Controlled Substances

August 3, 2009 by Jeff Welty

Several months ago, an attorney contacted me to ask whether a particular drug was on one of controlled substance schedules, and if so, which one. I did the obvious: I looked at the schedules set forth in G.S. 90-89 et seq. I couldn’t find the drug, so I concluded that it was not a controlled substance. When … Read more