453.106 - “Opiate” defined.

453.106  “Opiate” defined.

1.  “Opiate” means any substance having an addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine or being capable of conversion into a drug having addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability, including opium, opium derivatives and synthetic opiates.

2.  “Opiate” does not include, unless specifically designated as controlled under NRS 453.146, the dextrorotatory isomer of 3-methoxy-n-methylmorphinan and its salts (dextromethorphan) but includes the racemic and levorotatory forms of dextromethorphan.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 2002; A 1991, 1649)