NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 781

HOUSE BILL 1065

 

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE PHYSICIANS TO UTILIZE TETRAHYDROCANNABINOLS FOR TREATMENT PURPOSES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 90-101 is hereby amended by adding a new subsection (h) to read as follows:

"(h)       A physician licensed by the Board of Medical Examiners pursuant to Article 1 of this Chapter may possess, dispense or administer tetrahydrocannabinols in duly constituted pharmaceutical form for human administration for treatment purposes pursuant to regulations adopted by the North Carolina Drug Commission."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of June, 1979.