§ 28-217. Definitions.  


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  • The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

    Controlled substance means a drug substance or immediate precursor set forth in Schedules 1 to 5 of part 72 of Public Act No. 368 of 1978 (MCL 333.7201 et seq.), or any other controlled substance which contains a quantity of substances which, by regulation, has been designated by the United States government as having a potential for abuse, because of its depressant or stimulative effect on the central nervous system, or which has a hallucinogenic effect under the Federal Controlled Substance Act, 1970 P.L. 91-513, as amended. The term "controlled substance" shall include the substances methaqualone, ephedrine and benzephetamine.

(Code 1973, § 9.122; Code 1989, § 616.01)