11375.5
. (a) Every person who sells, dispenses, distributes,
furnishes, administers, or gives, or offers to sell, dispense,
distribute, furnish, administer, or give, any synthetic stimulant
compound specified in subdivision (c), or any synthetic stimulant
derivative, to any person, or who possesses that compound or
derivative for sale, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by
imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed six months, or by a fine
not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and
imprisonment.
(b) Every person who uses or possesses any synthetic stimulant
compound specified in subdivision (c), or any synthetic stimulant
derivative, is guilty of an infraction, punishable by a fine not to
exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
(c) Unless specifically excepted, or contained within a
pharmaceutical product approved by the United States Food and Drug
Administration, or unless listed in another schedule, subdivisions
(a) and (b) apply to any material, compound, mixture, or preparation
which contains any quantity of the following substances having a
stimulant effect on the central nervous system, including its salts,
isomers, esters, or ethers, and salts of isomers, esters, or ethers
whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, esters, or ethers, and
salts of isomers, esters, or ethers is possible within any of the
following specific chemical designations:
(1) Naphthylpyrovalerone whether or not further substituted in the
naphthyl ring to any extent with alkyl, alkoxy, alkylenedioxy,
haloalkyl, or halide substituents, whether or not further substituted
in the naphthyl ring by one or more other univalent substituents, or
whether or not further substituted in the carbon chain at the 3-,
4-, or 5-position with an alkyl substituent.
(2) 2-amino-1-phenyl-1-propanone (cathinone) or variation in any
of the following ways:
(A) 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.
(B) By substitution at the 3-position with an alkyl substituent.
(C) By substitution at the nitrogen atom with alkyl, dialkyl, or
benzyl groups, or by inclusion of the nitrogen atom in a cyclic
structure.
(d) This section shall not prohibit prosecution under any other
provision of law.
(e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2016.