1. "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, including opium, opium derivatives and synthetic opiates.
2. "Opiate" does not include, unless specifically designated as controlled under NRS 453.146, the dextrorotatory isomer of 3-methoxy-n-methylmorphinan and its salts (dextromethorphan) but includes the racemic and levorotatory forms of dextromethorphan.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 2002; A 1991, 1649)