| Possession of Precursors (Meth or PCP) | | | | phenylpropanolamine, thionyl chloride and |
| | | | hydrogen gas. |
| Not only is it illegal to possess | | | | |
| methamphetamine or PCP, but it is also | | | | § Ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, |
| illegal to possess the ingredients with the | | | | norpseudoephedrine, N-methylephedrine, |
| intent to manufacture these drugs. | | | | N-ethylephedrine, N-methylpseudoephedrine, |
| | | | N-ethylpseudoephedrine, or |
| California Health and Safety Code Section | | | | phenylpropanolamine, plus phosphorus |
| 11383 (a) applies to the ingredients for | | | | pentachloride and hydrogen gas. |
| methamphetamine, making it a felony, | | | | |
| punishable by imprisonment in the state | | | | § Ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, |
| prison for a period of 2, 4, or 6 years. | | | | norpseudoephedrine, N-methylephedrine, |
| Section 11383 (a) reads in pertinent part: | | | | N-ethylephedrine, N-methylpseudoephedrine, |
| | | | N-ethylpseudoephedrine, chloroephedrine and |
| "(a) Any person who possesses both | | | | chloropseudoephedrine, or |
| methylamine and phenyl-2-propanone | | | | phenylpropanolamine, plus any reducing agent. |
| (phenylacetone) at the same time with the | | | | |
| intent to manufacture methamphetamine, or who | | | | California Health and Safety Code Section |
| possesses both ethylamine and | | | | 11383 (b) applies to PCP, making it a felony |
| phenyl-2-propanone (phenylacetone) at the | | | | to possess the ingredients of PCP, making it |
| same time with the intent to manufacture | | | | punishable for 2, 4, or 6 years. Section |
| N-ethylamphetamine, is guilty of a felony..." | | | | 11383 (b) reads in pertinent part: |
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| The following ingredients, if possessed with | | | | "(b) Any person who possesses at the same |
| intent to manufacture, will be used to | | | | time any of the following combinations, or a |
| convict the person for 2, 4, or years in | | | | combination product thereof, with intent to |
| state prison: | | | | manufacture phencyclidine (PCP) or any of its |
| | | | analogs specified in paragraph (22) of |
| § Ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, | | | | subdivision (d) of Section 11054 or paragraph |
| norpseudoephedrine, N-methylephedrine, | | | | (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 11055 is |
| N-ethylephedrine, N-methylpseudoephedrine, | | | | guilty of a felony: |
| N-ethylpseudoephedrine, or | | | | |
| phenylpropanolamine, plus hydriodic acid. | | | | (1) Piperidine and cyclohexanone. |
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| § Ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, | | | | (2) Pyrrolidine and cyclohexanone. |
| norpseudoephedrine, N-methylephedrine, | | | | |
| N-ethylephedrine, N-methylpseudoephedrine, | | | | (3) Morpholine and cyclohexanone. |
| N-ethylpseudoephedrine, or | | | | |