Cite as: 21 CNCA § 2405

A. No person shall use tincture of opium, tincture of opium camphorated, or any derivative thereof, by the hypodermic method, either with or without a medical prescription therefor.

B. No person shall use or possess drug paraphernalia to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled dangerous substance in violation of 21 CNCA § 2101 et seq., except those persons holding an unrevoked license in the professions of podiatry, dentistry, medicine, nursing, optometry, osteopathy, veterinary medicine, or pharmacy.

C. No person shall deliver, possess or manufacture drug paraphernalia knowing it will be used to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled dangerous substance in violation of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act.

D. Any person eighteen (18) years of age or over who violates subsection (C) of this section by delivering drug paraphernalia to a person under eighteen (18) years of age who is at least three (3) years his junior shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a crime.

E. Any person who violates subsections (A), (B) or (C) of this section is guilty of a crime.

Historical Data

LA 03–91, eff. February 9, 1991.

Renumbered from 63 CNCA § 2–405.