MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2018 Regular Session

To: Drug Policy; Judiciary, Division A

By: Senator(s) Younger, Gollott, Jolly, Seymour, Jordan, Chassaniol, Bryan, Turner-Ford

Senate Bill 2475

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-29-113, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ADD KRATOM TO THE LIST OF SCHEDULE I CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 41-29-113, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

41-29-113. The controlled substances listed in this section are included in Schedule I.

SCHEDULE I

(a) Opiates. Any of the following opiates, including their isomers, esters, ethers, salts and salts of isomers, esters and ethers, unless specifically excepted, whenever the existence of these isomers, esters, ethers and salts is possible within the specific chemical designation:

(1) Acetyl-alpha-methylfentanyl;

(2) Acetyl Fentanyl N-(1-phenethylpiperidin-4-yl)-N-phenylacetamide;

(3) Acetylmethadol;

(4) Allylprodine;

(5) Alphacetylmethadol, except levo-alphacetylmethadol (levo-alpha-acetylmethadol, levomethadyl acetate, or LAAM);

(6) Alphameprodine;

(7) Alphamethadol;

(8) Alpha-methylfentanyl;

(9) Alpha-methylthiofentanyl;

(10) Benzethidine;

(11) Betacetylmethadol;

(12) Beta-hydroxyfentanyl;

(13) Beta-hydroxy-3-methylfentanyl;

(14) Betameprodine;

(15) Betamethadol;

(16) Betaprodine;

(17) Clonitazene;

(18) Dextromoramide;

(19) Diampromide;

(20) Diethylthiambutene;

(21) Difenoxin;

(22) Dimenoxadol;

(23) Dimepheptanol;

(24) Dimethylthiambutene;

(25) Dioxaphetyl butyrate;

(26) Dipipanone;

(27) Ethylmethylthiambutene;

(28) Etonitazene;

(29) Etoxeridine;

(30) Furethidine;

(31) Hydroxypethidine;

(32) Ketobemidone;

(33) Levomoramide;

(34) Levophenacylmorphan;

(35) 3-methylfentanyl;

(36) 3-methylthiofentanyl;

(37) Morpheridine;

(38) MPPP (1-methyl-4-phenyl-4-propionoxypiperidine);

(39) Noracymethadol;

(40) Norlevorphanol;

(41) Normethadone;

(42) Norpipanone;

(43) Para-fluorofentanyl;

(44) PEPAP (1-(-2-phenethyl)-4-phenyl-4-acetoxypiperidine);

(45) Phenadoxone;

(46) Phenampromide;

(47) Phenomorphan;

(48) Phenoperidine;

(49) Piritramide;

(50) Proheptazine;

(51) Properidine;

(52) Propiram;

(53) Racemoramide;

(54) Thiofentanyl;

(55) Tilidine;

(56) Trimeperidine.

(b) Opiate derivatives. Any of the following opium derivatives, their salts, isomers and salts of isomers, unless specifically excepted, whenever the existence of these salts, isomers and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:

(1) Acetorphine;

(2) Acetyldihydrocodeine;

(3) Benzylmorphine;

(4) Codeine methylbromide;

(5) Codeine-N-Oxide;

(6) Cyprenorphine;

(7) Desomorphine;

(8) Dihydromorphine;

(9) Drotebanol;

(10) Etorphine; (except hydrochloride salt);

(11) Heroin;

(12) Hydromorphinol;

(13) Methyldesorphine;

(14) Methyldihydromorphine;

(15) Monoacetylmorphine;

(16) Morphine methylbromide;

(17) Morphine methylsulfonate;

(18) Morphine-N-Oxide;

(19) Myrophine;

(20) Nicocodeine;

(21) Nicomorphine;

(22) Normorphine;

(23) Pholcodine;

(24) Thebacon.

(c) Hallucinogenic substances. Any material, compound, mixture or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances, their salts, isomers (whether optical, positional, or geometric) and salts of isomers, unless specifically excepted, whenever the existence of these salts, isomers and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:

(1) Alpha-ethyltryptamine;

(2) 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxy-amphetamine;

(3) 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine;

(4) 2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine;

(5) 2,5-dimethoxy-4-ethylamphetamine (DOET);

(6) 2,5-dimethoxy-4-(n)-propylthiophenethylamine (2C-T-7);

(7) 4-methoxyamphetamine;

(8) 5-methoxy-3,4-methylenedioxy-amphetamine;

(9) 4-methyl-2,5-dimethoxy-amphetamine;

(10) 3,4-methylenedioxy amphetamine;

(11) 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA);

(12) 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-ethylamphetamine (also known as N-ethyl-alpha-methyl-3,4(methylenedioxy)phenethylamine, N-ethyl MDA, MDE, MDEA);

(13) N-hydroxy-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine (also known as N-hydroxy MDA, N-OHMDA, and N-hydroxy-alpha-methyl-3,4(methylenedioxy)phenethylamine);

(14) 3,4,5-trimethoxy amphetamine;

(15) 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT);

(16) Alpha-methyltryptamine (also known as AMT);

(17) Bufotenine;

(18) Diethyltryptamine;

(19) Dimethyltryptamine;

(20) 5-methoxy-N,N-diisopropyltryptamine (5-MeO-DIPT);

(21) Ibogaine;

(22) Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD);

(23) (A) Marijuana;

(B) Hashish;

(24) Mescaline;

(25) Parahexyl;

(26) Peyote;

(27) N-ethyl-3-piperidyl benzilate;

(28) N-methyl-3-piperidyl benzilate;

(29) Psilocybin;

(30) Psilocyn;

(31) Tetrahydrocannabinols, meaning tetrahydrocannabinols contained in a plant of the genus Cannabis (cannabis plant), as well as the synthetic equivalents of the substances contained in the cannabis plant, or in the resinous extractives of such plant, and/or synthetic substances, derivatives, and their isomers with similar chemical structure and pharmacological activity to those substances contained in the plant such as the following:

(A) 1 cis or trans tetrahydrocannabinol;

(B) 6 cis or trans tetrahydrocannabinol;

(C) 3,4 cis or trans tetrahydrocannabinol.

(Since nomenclature of these substances is not internationally standardized, compounds of these structures, regardless of atomic positions are covered.)

("Tetrahydrocannabinols" excludes dronabinol and nabilone.)

However, the following products are exempted from control:

(i) THC-containing industrial products made from cannabis stalks (e.g., paper, rope and clothing);

(ii) Processed cannabis plant materials used for industrial purposes, such as fiber retted from cannabis stalks for use in manufacturing textiles or rope;

(iii) Animal feed mixtures that contain sterilized cannabis seeds and other ingredients (not derived from the cannabis plant) in a formula designed, marketed and distributed for nonhuman consumption;

(iv) Personal care products that contain oil from sterilized cannabis seeds, such as shampoos, soaps, and body lotions (if the products do not cause THC to enter the human body); and

(v) Processed cannabis plant extract, oil or resin with a minimum ratio of twenty-to-one cannabidiol to tetrahydrocannabinol (20:1 cannabidiol:tetrahydrocannabinol), and diluted so as to contain at least fifty (50) milligrams of cannabidiol per milliliter, with not more than two and one-half (2.5) milligrams of tetrahydrocannabinol per milliliter;

(32) Phencyclidine;

(33) Ethylamine analog of phencyclidine (PCE);

(34) Pyrrolidine analog of phencyclidine (PHP, PCPy);

(35) Thiophene analog of phencyclidine;

(36) 1-[1-(2-thienyl)cyclohexyl] pyrrolidine (TCPy);

(37) 4-methylmethcathinone (mephedrone);

(38) 3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV);

(39) 2-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-ethylphenyl)ethanamine (2C-E);

(40) 2-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-methylphenyl)ethanamine (2C-D);

(41) 2-(4-chloro-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)ethanamine (2C-C);

(42) 2-(4-iodo-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)ethanamine (2C-I); or 2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodophenethylamine;

(43) 2-[4-(ethylthio)-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl]ethanamine (2C-T-2);

(44) 2-[4-(isopropylthio)-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl]ethanamine (2C-T-4);

(45) 2-(2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)ethanamine (2C-H);

(46) 2-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-nitro-phenyl)ethanamine (2C-N);

(47) 2-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-(n)-propylphenyl)ethanamine (2C-P);

(48) 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylcathinone(methylone);

(49) 2-(4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-(2-methoxybenzyl)ethanamine (25B-NBOMe; 2C-B-NBOMe; 25B; Cimbi-36);

(50) 2-(4-chloro-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-(2-methoxybenzyl)ethanamine (25C-NBOMe; 2C-C-NBOMe; 25C; Cimbi-82);

(51) 2-(4-iodo-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-(2-methoxybenzyl)ethanamine or N-[(2-methoxyphenyl)methyl]ethanamine (25I-NBOMe; 2C-I-NBOMe; 25I; Cimbi-5);

(52) 7-bromo-5-(2-chlorophenyl)-1,3-dihydro-2H-1, 4-benzodiazepin-2-one (also known as Phenazepam);

(53) 7-(2-chlorophenyl)-4-ethyl-13-methyl-3-thia-1,8, 11,12-tetraazatricyclo[8.3.0.0]trideca-2(6),4,7,10,12-pentaene (also known as Etizolam);

(54) Salvia divinorum;

(55) Synthetic cannabinoids. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of a synthetic cannabinoid found in any of the following chemical groups, whether or not substituted to any extent, or any of those groups which contain any synthetic cannabinoid salts, isomers, or salts of isomers, whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, or salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation, including all synthetic cannabinoid chemical analogues in such groups:

(A) (6aR,10aR)-9-(hydroxymethyl)-6, 6-dimethyl-3-(2-methyloctan-2-yl)-6a,7,10,10a-tetrahydrobenzo[c] chromen-1-ol (also known as HU-210 or 1,1-dimethylheptyl-11-hydroxy-delta8-tetrahydrocannabinol);

(B) Naphthoylindoles and naphthylmethylindoles, being any compound structurally derived from 3-(1-naphthoyl)indole or 1H-indol-3-yl-(1-naphthyl)methane, whether or not substituted in the indole ring to any extent, or in the naphthyl ring to any extent;

(C) Naphthoylpyrroles, being any compound structurally derived from 3-(1-naphthoyl)pyrrole, whether or not substituted in the pyrrole ring to any extent, or in the naphthyl ring to any extent;

(D) Naphthylmethylindenes, being any compound structurally derived from 1-(1-naphthylmethyl)indene, whether or not substituted in the indene ring to any extent or in the naphthyl ring to any extent;

(E) Phenylacetylindoles, being any compound structurally derived from 3-phenylacetylindole, whether or not substituted in the indole ring to any extent or in the phenyl ring to any extent;

(F) Cyclohexylphenols, being any compound structurally derived from 2-(3-hydroxycyclohexyl)phenol, whether or not substituted in the cyclohexyl ring to any extent or in the phenolic ring to any extent;

(G) Benzoylindoles, whether or not substituted in the indole ring to any extent or in the phenyl ring to any extent;

(H) Adamantoylindoles, whether or not substituted in the indole ring to any extent or in the adamantoyl ring system to any extent;

(I) Tetrahydro derivatives of cannabinol and 3-alkyl homologues of cannabinol or of its tetrahydro derivatives, except where contained in cannabis or cannabis resin;

(J) 3-Cyclopropylmethanone indole or 3-Cyclobutylmethanone indole or 3-Cyclopentylmethanone indole by substitution at the nitrogen atom of the indole ring, whether or not further substituted in the indole ring to any extent, whether or not substituted on the cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl or cyclopentyl rings to any extent;

(K) Quinolinyl ester indoles, being any compound structurally derived from 1H-indole-3carboxylic acid-8-quinolinyl ester, whether or not substituted in the indole ring to any extent or the quinolone ring to any extent;

(L) 3-carboxamide-1H-indazoles, whether or not substituted in the indazole ring to any extent and substituted to any degree on the carboxamide nitrogen and 3-carboxamide-1H-indoles, whether or not substituted in the indole ring to any extent and substituted to any degree on the carboxamide nitrogen;

(M) Cycloalkanemethanone Indoles, whether or not substituted at the nitrogen atom on the indole ring, whether or not further substituted in the indole ring to any extent, whether or not substituted on the cycloalkane ring to any extent.

(d) Depressants. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a depressant effect on the central nervous system, including their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers, whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:

(1) Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (other names include: GHB, gamma-hydroxybutyrate; 4-hydroxybutyrate; 4-hydroxybutanoic acid; sodium oxybate; sodium oxybutyrate);

(2) Mecloqualone;

(3) Methaqualone.

(e) Stimulants. Any material, compound, mixture or preparation which contains any quantity of the following central nervous system stimulants including optical salts, isomers and salts of isomers unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule:

(1) Aminorex;

(2) N-benzylpiperazine (also known as BZP; 1-benzylpiperazine);

(3) Cathinone;

(4) Fenethylline;

(5) Methcathinone;

(6) 4-methylaminorex (also known as 2-amino-4-methyl-5-phenyl-2-oxazoline);

(7) N-ethylamphetamine;

(8) Any material, compound, mixture or preparation which contains any quantity of N,N-dimethylamphetamine. (Other names include: N,N,-alpha-trimethyl-benzeneethanamine, and N,N-alphatrimethylphenethylamine);

(9) Unless listed in another schedule, any compound other than bupropion that is structurally derived from 2-Amino-1-phenyl-1-propanone by modification in any of the following ways:

(i) By substitution in the phenyl ring to any extent with alkyl, alkoxy, alkylenedioxy, haloalkyl or halide substituents, whether or not further substituted in the phenyl ring by one or more other univalent substituents;

(ii) By substitution at the 3-position with an alkyl substituent;

(iii) By substitution at the nitrogen atom with alkyl or dialkyl groups, or by inclusion of the nitrogen atom in a cyclic structure.

(10) Synthetic cathinones. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material compound, mixture or preparation which contains any quantity of a synthetic cathinone found in any of the following compounds, whether or not substituted to any extent, or any of these compounds which contain any synthetic cathinone, or salts, isomers, or salts of isomers, whenever the existence of such salts, isomers or salts of isomers is possible:

(i) 4-methyl-N-ethylcathinone ("4-MEC");

(ii) 4-methyl-alpha-pyrrolidinopropiophenone ("4-MePPP");

(iii) Alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone ("α-PVP");

(iv) 1-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-2-(methylamino)butan-1-one ("butylone");

(v) 2-(methylamino)-1-phenylpentan-1-one ("pentedrone");

(vi) 1-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-2-(methylamino)pentan-1-one ("pentylone");

(vii) 4-fluoro-N-methylcathinone ("4-FMC");

(viii) 3-fluoro-N-methylcathinone ("3-FMC");

(ix) 1-(naphthalen-2-yl)-2-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)pentan-1-one ("naphyrone"); and

(x) Alpha-pyrrolidinobutiophenone ("α-PBP").

(11) (i) Mitragynine; and

(ii) 7-hydroxymitragynine.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2018.