North Carolina passed legislation, House Bill 1510, effective December 1, 2004 that increased the penalty for the possession of precursor substances for methamphetamine, making the possession or distribution of these precursors a Class F felony. House Bill 1536 effective December 1, 2004 makes it an aggravating factor if the offense was manufacture of methamphetamine and was committed where a person under the age of 18 lives, was present or was otherwise endangered by exposure to the drug, its ingredients, its by-products or its waste.
These precursors are found in everyday household products such as Red Devil Lye, fertilizer, matchbook covers, iodine, Orange Citrus (drain cleaner), Sudafed and other allergy/cold over the counter decongestant medications, Lithium, pH Down, acetone, Coleman fuel, HEET, lighter fluid, Freon, gas line anti-freeze, etc. While finding any of these products in a home would not be concerning, finding large amounts of several of these products would be concerning.
Acetic anhydride
Acetone
Anhydrous ammonia
Anthranilic acid
Benzyl chloride
Benzyl cyanide
Butanone (Methyl Ethyl Ketone)
Chloroephedrine
Chloropseudoephedrine
D-lysergic acid
Ephedrine
Ergonovine maleate
Ergotamine tartrate
Ethyl ether
Ethyl malonate
Ethylamine
Gamma-butyrolactone
Hydrochloric acid
Iodine
Isosafrole
Lithium
Malonic acid
Methylamine
Methyl isobutyl ketone
N-acetylanthranilic acid
N-ethylephedrine
N-ethylepseudoephedrine
N-methylephedrine
N-methylpseudoephedrine
Norpseudoephedrine
Phenyl-2-propane
Phenylacetic acid
Piperidine
Piperonal
Propionic anhydride Attachment J
Pseudoephedrine
Pyrrolidine
Red phosphorous
Safrole
Sodium
Sulfuric acid
Tetrachloroethylene
Thionylchloride
Toluene
