North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 90. Medicine and Allied Occupations § 90-95.5. Civil liability--employing a minor to commit a drug offense

A person 21 years of age or older, who hires, employs, or intentionally uses a person under 18 years of age to commit a violation of G.S. 90-95 is liable in a civil action for damages for drug addiction proximately caused by the violation. The doctrines of contributory negligence and assumption of risk are no defense to liability under this section.