Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 16 > Chapter 47 > Subchapter II - Standards and Schedules

• Administer: means the direct application of a controlled substance, whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion or any other means to the body of a patient or research subject by:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 4701

• Administration: means the Drug Enforcement Administration, United States Department of Justice or its successor agency. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 4701
• Anabolic steroid: means any of the controlled substances defined in § 4718(f) of this title. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 4701
• Benzodiazepine: means any substance or drug which contains a benzene ring fused to a 7-member diazepine ring, results in the depression of the central nervous system and is primarily intended to treat insomnia, convulsions and anxiety, and used for muscle relaxation and pre-operation treatment including alprazolam, clonazepam, diazepam, lorazepam, and temazepam. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 4701
• Division: means the Division of Public Health. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 101
• Drug: means (i) substances recognized as drugs in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States or official National Formulary or any supplement to any of them; (ii) substances intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in man or animals; (iii) substances (other than food) intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of man or animals; and (iv) substances intended for use as a component of any article specified in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 4701
• Immediate precursor: means a substance which the Secretary has found to be and by rule designates as being the principal compound commonly used or produced primarily for use, and which is an immediate chemical intermediary used or likely to be used in the manufacture of a controlled substance, the control of which is necessary to prevent, curtail or limit manufacture. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 4701
• Isomer: means the optical isomer, except as used in § 4714(d) of this title and § 4716(b)(4) of this title. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 4701
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Marijuana: means all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 4701
• Opiate: means any substance having an addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine or being capable of conversion into a drug having addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 4701
• Opium poppy: means the plant of the species Papaver somniferum L. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 4701
• Person: means individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, statutory trust, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 4701
• Poppy straw: means all parts, except the seeds of the opium poppy, after mowing. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 4701
• Secretary: means Secretary of the Department of State or the Secretary's designee in paragraph (22) of this section; §§ 4711; 4713; 4715; 4717; 4718(l); 4719; 4720(c); 4721; 4731; 4732; 4733; 4734(a) and (b); 4735 (b), (c) and (d); 4736(a) and (b); 4737; 4738; 4739(b); 4762(e)(2); 4781(1); 4782; 4783(b); 4785; 4786; 4787(b), (c), (d), (e) and 4791(d) of this title. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 4701
• State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302